{"id":18305,"date":"2017-10-18T14:53:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18305"},"modified":"2017-10-18T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:53:03","slug":"customs-seizes-n30m-contraband-sokoto-kebbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/customs-seizes-n30m-contraband-sokoto-kebbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs Seizes N30m Contraband in Sokoto, Kebbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Customs Service, Sokoto Command, has seized contraband worth N30 million in the last six months.<\/p>\n<p>The Comptroller, Federal Operation Unit, Zone B, Kaduna, Mr. Usman Dakingari, made the disclosure shortly after inspecting the seized items at the command headquarters in Sokoto Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the contraband, which included rice, vehicles, vegetable oil, second hand clothes as well as shoes were seized at the borders in Sokoto and Kebbi States.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Dakingari, who said the zone had recorded modest achievements since his assumption of office in April this year, added: \u201cThe zone was somehow dormant before we came in April this year. 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