{"id":7239,"date":"2025-04-18T01:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T01:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7239"},"modified":"2025-04-18T01:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T01:23:20","slug":"navy-seizes-hands-over-1306-bags-of-smuggled-rice-to-customs-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7239","title":{"rendered":"Navy seizes, hands over 1,306 bags of smuggled rice to Customs in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft, who also serves as the Maritime Component Commander, South-West, Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, yesterday handed over 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice to the Nigerian Customs Service, Western Marine Command, Apapa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7242\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice were seized during an anti-smuggling operation in the Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation, conducted on April 12, 2025, was carried out by personnel from the Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xandr.com\/privacy\/platform-privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur Quick Response Team, QRT, engaged the suspects in line with the Joint Task Force\u2019s Standard Operating Procedures. 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