The Nigeria Police Force has intercepted about 103 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit being smuggled out of the country to Cameroon and the Benin Republic.
In a statement on Friday, Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the operation was part of the NPF’s sustained crackdown on economic saboteurs and cross-border criminal gangs across several states.
Hundeyin disclosed that 60 of the jerrycans, loaded in a Toyota Starlet en route to Cameroon, were intercepted by police border patrol operatives at Mubi in Adamawa State.
He added that the remaining 43 jerrycans, transported on three motorcycles, were seized along a bush path linking Nigeria with the Benin Republic.
Two fuel-laden trucks were also recovered at Gembu in Taraba State after smugglers abandoned them following a hot pursuit by border patrol operatives.