No fewer than 162 bags of snuggled rice have been seized in a wooden boat by The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on routine patrol recently.
The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement non Sunday said the patrol team intercepted the boat at 3:30pm on June 8.
According to him: “Preliminary investigations by the Base reveals that the bags of rice were all foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country from Republic of Benin.
“In line with the Nigerian Navy Standard Operating Procedures, NNS BEECROFT on Friday, July 9 handed over the Cotonou boat and 162 bags of rice to the Nigeria Customs Service,” the Commodore said.
Commodore Mohammed warned smugglers to steer clear off Lagos maritime environment.
He said that the base would be relentless to bring an end to smuggling within its area of operations in line with the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo’s strategic directive for 2021 to 2025.
“As partners for a safe maritime environment, members of the public, especially our host communities, are enjoined to kindly furnish the base with credible information to assist in curbing activities of criminal elements and economic saboteurs,” Mohammed appealed.
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