[PHOTO] Smugglers abandon N51m Range Rover SUV in Ogun

The Ogun State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it recovered a 2018 model Range Rover SUV inside a forest in Ifo Local Government Area where it was abandoned by smugglers as operatives of the command closed in on them.

This vehicle was among the 13 smuggled used vehicles it has seized within the last two weeks.

The Controller of the command, Sani Madugu, said this on Thursday at the Idiroko border while briefing journalists about the seizures made in the area within the period under review.

He said the SUV, which he described as ‘the seizure of the month’, has a total duty payable value of N51.2m.

Madugu said the operatives of the command intercepted the jeep along one of the smugglers’ routes around Ifo in Ifo Local Government Area of the state.

He said the smugglers abandoned the vehicle and fled when they realised the Customs operatives had already closed in on them.

He explained that the jeep has a keyless entry, accessible only through a remote control mode.

Madugu said on sighting Customs operatives the smugglers abandoned the vehicle and ran into the forest.

Culled from PUNCH