Crime
Dangote truck caught trafficking contraband
A truck belonging to Dangote Cement Company at Ibese, Ogun, has probably been trucking other goods apart from cement.
The Nigeria Customs Service vehicle was arrested with no fewer than 600 bags of foreign rice, in the Ogun 1 Area Command.
The consignment was heading to the southeast, according Customs Area Controller, Peter Kolo, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday at Idiroko
“The articulated truck bearing the inscription and logo of Dangote Cement Company was intercepted in the Ijoun border area and was loaded with over 600 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and heading for the eastern part of the country.
“Three persons were arrested, including the driver of the vehicle, and investigation is going to unravel those behind the massive smuggling activity,” Kolo said.
It wasn’t the first time the company’s truck would be interdicted for such trafficking
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