The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 245,370 liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, valued at N238.1 million in less than three months as part of its ongoing anti-smuggling operation tagged “Operation Whirlwind.”
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos, where he highlighted recent seizures made by the operation at the Federal Operations Unit in Ikeja.
Adeniyi attributed the smuggling of petrol to significant price disparities across Nigeria’s borders, which encourage smugglers to divert fuel to neighboring countries for higher profits.