Categories: EconomyLive Update

Far North Region:
Customs Seizes Huge Consignment of Contraband Sugar

Elements of the Customs Department are reported to have seized a consignment of over 5000Kg of contraband sugar from traffickers in Mora, in the Far North Region.


The large consignment is said to have been impounded March 7. According to the Custom Communication service, the cargo was contained in 48 bags and is believed to have been produced and transported illegally into Cameroon from Nigeria.


Customs officers who carried out the operation are also said to have impounded two other vehicles without custom clearance.


In that same period, three boxes of pharmaceutical products, filled with mostly expired medication were seized in Maroua.


A similar operation carried in Kousseri also led to several arrests and impoundments. These seizures fall in line with the custom’s reinforcement of surveillance and crackdown in 2022, against illicit trading in Cameroon.


More of such operations have been promised by the Customs officials. They have vowed to eliminate illicit trading in the country. The officers said the practice has been a major economic disadvantage for Cameroon.

Mimi Mefo Info (MMI)

Recent Posts

Minesec Shuts Down 107 Private Secondary Schools in Cameroon

Prof Nalova Lyonga, Minister of Sec. Education Cameroon The Ministry of Secondary Education (Minesec) has…

4 hours ago

“Mission accomplished”: Separatist fighter boasts after targeted killing of Bali entrepreneur

Dobgima Elvis Bonga, popularly known as Lexus in Bali, was shot dead at his business…

6 hours ago

Sacred Rites, Secret Burial: What Happens When the Fon of Kom Dies

Fon Clement Ndzì II was reported dead on July 20, 2026, but in Komland, he…

18 hours ago

Issa Tchiroma Asks Cameroon Military to Bring Him Home From Gambia

Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has issued a direct appeal to the country’s defence…

1 day ago

Rebecca Enonchong Accuses Cameroon’s SRC of Political Harassment After Office Seizure

Prominent Cameroonian technology entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong has said a state debt-recovery agency of politically motivated…

3 days ago

CICFEST: UK Cameroonians Unite to Save Their Cultural Identity

For many Cameroonian parents living in the United Kingdom, one of the greatest fears is…

3 days ago