The Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base in Badagry, Lagos State, has intercepted seven fibre boats loaded with several bags of foreign parboiled rice on the Badagry Porto-Novo creek.

A reliable source said in Badagry on Sunday that the smugglers were intercepted by personnel of the FOB on Saturday.

The source said that on sighting the navy some occupants of the boats jumped into the water, while a few were arrested.

The source stated, “However, they were hungry boat boys used by smugglers engaged in their nefarious activities.”

The FOB Badagry has not issued any statement on the interception.

Since the new Commanding Officer, Capt. Leye Omotayo, assumed command of FOB, Badagry, operations, 24-hour patrols had been intensified on the waterways.

More synergy and collaboration between the Nigerian Navy and other law enforcement agencies including  the host community had increased to tackle smuggling activities in the border area.