{
  "id": 19667229,
  "title": "Customs to deploy AI, scanners against smuggling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/customs-to-deploy-ai-scanners-against-smuggling",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-12T15:30:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/customs-to-deploy-ai-scanners-against-smuggling/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigeria Customs Service has announced its plans to enhance its capabilities against smuggling and other security threats by deploying artificial intelligence, advanced scanners, and electronic cargo tracking systems. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, emphasized the need to move beyond conventional enforcement methods and adopt technology, stronger inter-agency collaboration, and professional policing to counter sophisticated criminal networks. Adeniyi highlighted the importance of accountability for customs officers, ensuring that their actions are guided by the law, restraint, and respect for human rights. The service's B'Odogwu digital platform and the INTERPOL Data Centre are identified as key tools to bolster intelligence-led operations, while cautioning against replacing human judgment with technology.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}