The Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Kano Area Command, Mr Dauda Ibrahim Chana, says the Service generated N6.9 billion in November.
Chana made the revelation during a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano.
Kano and Jigawa states are covered by the command.
Chana said “We have also seized 2,817 bags of foreign rice, 1,428 pieces of used tyres, 250 Jerry cans of 25-litre vegetable oil, and 690 cartoons of foreign soap.
“Other seized items are 429 bales of second-hand cloths, 1,226 packages of royal tramadol, 470 blocks of compressed Indian hemp, and 1,530 cartons of foreign spaghetti.”
According to the comptroller, the Command has implemented more stringent security measures to prohibit all sorts of smuggling in the area.
He stated that the Area Command had directed the deployment of officers to border posts in Maigatari, Gumel Local Government Area, Jigawa, to increase efforts to combat smugglers’ operations.
Chana asked traditional rulers and others for help in educating locals about the harmful impacts of smuggling on the nation’s economy.
