Three filling stations operating in the Nigeria-Cameroon border community, Gurin, in Adamawa state have been shut by men of the customs service.
The officers are also patrolling all routes used by smugglers to transport banned items and petroleum products in and out of the country.
The ancient Gurin town in Fulfore Local Government Area of Adamawa State is an agrarian community.
The close proximity of the town to the Republic of Cameroon had caused a lot of harm to local rice farmers in the area before the federal government’s directive to close the border which has brought reprieve to the farming population.
The town is used as a convenient transit area for smugglers who illegally bring in foreign rice and also take refined petroleum products out of Nigeria to sell in neighbouring countries.
But the Nigerian Customs and other security agencies are on red alert and heightened patrols to intercept the dare devil smugglers.
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