Metro/Crime
EFCC Arrests 21 Food-loaded Trucks
For illegally attempting to load food stuffs out of Nigeria to neighboring country during the current food inflation across Nigeria, operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, arrested 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic and Cameroon.
Accordind EFCC update on its verified social media handles, the trucks were intercepted in a sting operation at major exit routes along Kalabiri/Gamboru Ngala and Bama roads, Borno State with food items cleverly concealed in the trucks that would have gone undetected, but for the eagle-eyed vigilance of operatives of the Commission.
Further checks showed that the Waybills covering the goods carried by the trucks indicated their destinations as N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central Africa Republic and Cameroon respectively.
______The arrest of the trucks is expected to stem the tide of food insecurity occasioned by unscrupulous antics of smugglers across the country.
______EFCC revealed that Suspects arrested with the trucks are being profiled and would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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