The Niger Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Friday that it had adopted a community-based approach in the fight against smuggling in the areas.
Alhaji Garba Kabir, the Area Comptroller of the zone comprising Niger, Kogi and Kwara, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna.
Kabir said that the approach would enable residents, especially those at the border areas, to offer intelligence reports that could aid the command apprehend those involved in the illegal businesses.
He explained that sensitive security measures had been put in place to frustrate the activities of smugglers.
He said identified smugglers’ routes had been placed on strict surveillance while community leaders would be used to provide information to ensure their arrest.
The area comptroller said officers in the border areas had been briefed on how the partnership would assist them in arresting smugglers.
“We have deployed various strategies to enable us to get vital information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of smugglers,” he said.
“My area of jurisdiction is a no-go area for smugglers as competent and dedicated officers are battle ready to carry out their constitutional responsibilities effectively,” he said.
He warned that the service would not spare any arrested smugglers and urged officers and men of the service to rededicate themselves to duty.
Source: The Nation
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