The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps has intercepted an IVECO truck loaded with 30 Hausa youths otherwise known as Almajirai.

Confirming the interception, TRACE Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Akinbiyi said the truck with registration number Kano XG172 KNG, loaded with assorted pepper, was covered with tarpaulin.

He said the truck, which was meant to carry only goods, was intercepted at Joju area of Sango in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.

Adebiyi said what the truck was conveying came to light when TRACE operatives forced the driver to park and then they untie the tarpaulin.

When asked where the truck was coming from and where it was heading, Akinbiyi said it was coming from the Lagos axis.

He explained that operatives with an unbranded vehicle followed the truck till it left the boundary of the state.