{
  "id": 774894,
  "title": "Custom seizes N3.57bn contrabands in Ogun, vows to make border hostile for smugglers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/custom-seizes-n3-57bn-contrabands-in-ogun-vows-to-make-border-hostile",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T13:54:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/13/custom-seizes-n3-57bn-contrabands-in-ogun-vows-to-make-border-hostile-for-smugglers/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, has intercepted smuggled goods worth N3.57 billion in duty-paid value. The agency vowed to make Ogun border corridors “hostile” for smugglers and drug traffickers. The Acting Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Olukayode Afeni, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Idiroko. He […] Custom seizes N3.57bn…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Ogun Customs intercept N3.57bn contraband, promise smugglers tougher time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/ogun-customs-intercept-n3-57bn-contraband-promise-smugglers-tougher",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:12:52.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}