Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted contrabands with a duty paid value worth N101,027,350 smuggled into the country through various illegal routes existing in Katsina State.

The total seizures made on Thursday include 14 assorted vehicles with a duty paid value of N91,592,500 and food and non-food items worth N9,434,850.

The items include 226 bags of 50kg each of foreign rice, 6 bags of 25kg each of foreign rice, 48 Jerry cans of 25 litres each of vegetable oil, 25 cartons of foreign tomato paste, 122 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 7 cartons of foreign couscous, 40 bags of tiger nuts, 33 bags of 50kg each of animal feeds, 8,775 litres of KEGS of Petroleum Motor Spirit and 31 cartons of condensed milk.

The Acting Comptroller in charge of the Katsina Customs Area Command, DC Dalha Wada Chedi in a press conference held at the command headquarters, Katsina restated commitment to continue to facilitate trade, enhance ease of doing legal businesses and generate more revenue for the country.

Chedi while soliciting more partnerships and collaboration from the general public to understand the job and responsibilities of the Nigeria Customs Service, encouraged them to come forward and take advantage of the numerous opportunities and accept the modern way of importing goods and services.