The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Sector 2 South-West, Lagos says it has intercepted 415 bags of 50kg rice loaded inside two boats being smuggled to the country along Badagry waterways.
It was reported that JBPT comprises officers of Nigeria Police, Nigerian Army, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs, and DSS, coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).
Mr. Nurudeen Hassan, the Controller, JBPT, Zone 2, disclosed this during a press briefing at Gbaji Checkpoint along Seme expressway on Saturday.
According to Hassan, the operation took place at about 4:10a.m at Gbaji waterways, Badagry, by the JBPT operating in the axis.
“On Sept.10, at about 4:10a.m at Gbaji waterways in Badagry, Lagos, the JBPT led by CSC Dinya Sabo, acting on credible intelligence provided by the service.
“The JBPT intercepted two wooden boats loaded with 415 bags of foreign parboiled rice suspected to be snuggled into the country from Benin Republic,” he said.
Hassan said that the intercepted rice would be offloaded from the wooden boats and taken to the government warehouse at Seme.
