Tag: Akwa Ibom, bags of rice, Navy, smuggled
Navy seizes 2,053 bags of rice smuggled into Akwa Ibom
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, in Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State, has arrested 13 suspects and seized 2,053 bags of rice...
Man docked for stealing bags of rice, cash
An 18-year-old man, Uchenna David Mgbere, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing three bags of rice and cash sum...
Navy arrests 24 suspects, seizes 1,831 bags of rice
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State said it has arrested 24 suspects and seized 1,831 bags of smuggled...
Security agencies arrest 239 illegal immigrants, impounds 34,221 bags of rice
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said security operatives at the nation’s borders have arrested 239 illegal immigrants and impounded 34,221 bags of...
Navy arrests 54 suspects, seizes 3,378 bags of rice
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, said it arrested a total of 54 suspects and seized 3,378 bags of...
Customs impounds 250 bags of rice concealed in fuel tanker
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa command on Friday impounded 250 bags of foreign rice concealed in a fuel tanker along Daura-Kano road, worth over...
Border operation: Officials seize 3,560 bags of rice, arrest 33 illegal migrants
33 illegal migrants attempting to travel through Nigeria’s land borders have been arrested by security operatives deployed to secure the borders in a joint military...
Navy seizes 9,489 bags of rice from smugglers
The Nigerian Navy said on Monday that it seized 9,489 bags of rice smugglers plying their illicit trade through the nation’s waterways. The seizure, according...
Navy arrests 5 suspects, seizes 370 bags of rice
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, Mbo local government area, Akwa Ibom State has arrested five suspects and seized 370 bags of smuggled rice from them....
Group raises alarm over ‘20m bags of rice’ smuggled into Nigeria
The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RiPAN) has raised an alarm that not less than 20 million bags of rice has been smuggled into Nigeria over the past three...
5,000 bags of rice expire at Customs warehouse
A total of 5,646 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice worth N124, 776, 600 seized by the Western Marine Command (WMC) of the Nigeria Customs Service have expired in the...
Navy shuts down 150 illegal refineries, seizes 13, 803 bags of rice
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy in Calabar has shut down over 150 illegal refineries through swamp buggy operations in its area of responsibility, which...
