Maiduguri – Officers and men of the Borno/Yobe command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday intercepted a stolen articulated petroleum tanker with registration number XT 862 KRD.

NAN reports that the vehicle was intercepted at Gamboru, a town bordering Nigeria, Cameroun, Niger and the Republic of Chad.

The Comptroller of NCS in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Biu, who paraded the two drivers of the vehicle, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the vehicle was apprehended while trying to cross to Chad.

“After a thorough investigation, the drivers told NCS that the owner of the vehicle employed them to transport it from Lagos to the Republic of Chad on payment of N10,000,” Biu said.

He, however, handed over the vehicle with the drivers to the Divisional Police Officer of Gwange, Maiduguri, Mohammed Idris, a deputy superintendent of police, for further investigation.

Biu appealed to the public to always furnish the command with useful information that would lead to the arrest of people with questionable character at the border areas of the state.
(NAN)