Nigeria Police intercepts smuggled PMS, nabs human traffickers, rescues victims

Sept. 26, 2025

…as Border Patrol Recovers Arms, ammunition, stolen vehicles, illicit drugs in intensified border operations

The Nigeria Police Force Border Patrol Unit has recovered large consignments of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from smugglers attempting to ferry the product across the country’s borders.

According to the Police in a statement on Friday, this is part of major breakthroughs in its sustained crackdown on economic saboteurs and cross-border criminal gangs across several states of the federation.

At Gembu in Taraba State, two trucks fully loaded with PMS were abandoned by fleeing smugglers after a hot chase by Border Patrol Operatives of the Gembu border point.

Similarly, along a bush path linking Nigeria with the Benin Republic, three motorcycles laden with 43 jerrycans of PMS were intercepted, while at Mubi in Adamawa State, Border Patrol personnel impounded a Toyota Starlet conveying 60 jerrycans of PMS en route to Cameroon.

In another incident at Jibia, Katsina State, a motorcyclist attempting to smuggle PMS into the Niger Republic abandoned his contraband and escaped on sighting police patrols.