Nigeria, Nov. 8 -- The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over a tanker loaded with 60,000 litres of petrol to officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) in Katsina State.

NCS said it seized the commodity as part of its ongoing clampdown on fuel smuggling under Operation Whirlwind.

The handover, on Thursday, followed the interception of the tanker along the Jibia Road in Katsina during a special patrol operation on 30 September.

According to the National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) Kola Oladeji-represented by the Commander for the Kano/Jigawa and Katsina axis, Assistant Comptroller S. I. Yahaya-the tanker, with registration number KBT 226 ...