The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Area Command, said yesterday it had seized over 4,000 bags of smuggled rice.
It said the seizure was made on Opara/Bodo Musa axis of Iwajowa Local Government.
The figure shows increase in the number of smuggled rice.
Other items confiscated by the Customs included nine trucks, 150 used imported tyres, 51 bales of second- hand clothes, 50 gallons of vegetable oil and two used cars.
The seizure was, however, not without resistance from the armed smugglers, who engaged the officers in a gun duel for about four hours in the forest.
At the end, the officers overpowered the smugglers, who escaped, leaving their goods.
One person was, however, arrested in connection with smuggling of prohibited goods.
The Area Controller, Mr. Christopher Ogar Odibu, who addressed reporters yesterday in Ibadan, said the Duty Paid Value of the seized goods was N92.8 million.
