The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (retd) will
accompany President Muhammadu Buhari to Turkey this week where a bilateral talk
on illegal arms smuggling is expected to hold.
This was
disclosed by the Deputy Comptroller General (DCG) Enforcement, Investigation,
and Inspection, Aminu Dangaladima in Abuja.
The service
also displayed seized 27 Toyota vehicles valued at N432 million at the Customs
headquarters.
Dangaladima
said more arrests have been made on the 2,671 arms smuggled into the country
from Turkey this year, adding that the Turkey visit should put an end to the
many smuggling cases from the country.
Officials
of the service said Ali was earlier planning a visit to Turkey with his team on
the many cases of arms smuggling from that country, which has been fast tracked
by the presidential visit.
The Customs
boss in September, after the latest seizure of 470 arms allegedly smuggled from
Turkey met with the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Hakan Cakil.
Dangaladima
said the 27 Toyota Hilux trucks were intercepted along Kubwa Expressway in
Abuja over non-payment of duty.
Daily Trust
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