Customs intercepts 15,375 litres of petrol in Kwara, warns smugglers
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 12, 2 of them from Nigeria.
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), through its Operation Whirlwind, has intercepted 15,375 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), valued at N15.37 million, at various border communities along the Niger-Kwara axis. The National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Mahmood Bello Ishidi, disclosed this on Wednesday during a public auction of the seized petroleum…
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2 outlets from Nigeria, where the story is: The Punch, Vanguard News · how we count
- Nov 12, 5:38 PM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisCustoms intercepts 15,375 litres of petrol in Kwara, warns smugglersvanguardngr.com ↗
- Nov 13, 1:13 AM UTC+8 hCustoms auctions 15,375 litres of smuggled petrol in Kwarapunchng.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 1:13 AM UTC · +8 h
[Claude] Both reports cover the same Nigeria Customs Operation Whirlwind seizure of 15,375 litres of smuggled petrol in Kwara, with Report 2 describing the interception that Report 1's auction later disposed o
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