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Defense HQ recovered over 500k litres of stolen crude oil in seven days

In addition, he said that the force demolished 23 cars, 245 cooking ovens, 31 boats, 69 storage tanks, one bicycle, one pumping equipment, and three outboard engines.

by NewsOnline Nigeria
November 24, 2023
in Crime Watch, Top Stories
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Defense HQ recovered over 500k litres of stolen crude oil in seven days.

 

Newsonline Nigeria reports that Operation Delta Safe personnel retrieved 578,900 litres of stolen crude oil, 454,330 litres of illegally refined automotive gas oil, and 10,000 litres of dual-purpose kerosene last week, according to the Defence Headquarters.

This Nigeria news platform understands that while briefing reporters on military activities on Thursday in Abuja, Director of Defense Media activities, Maj.-Gen Edward Buba, disclosed that troops also demolished 50 illicit oil refinery locations in the Niger Delta and detained 51 people.

 

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Buba said the troops also killed four criminals, alongside the recovery of weapons and ammunition.

 

In addition, he said that the force demolished 23 cars, 245 cooking ovens, 31 boats, 69 storage tanks, one bicycle, one pumping equipment, and three outboard engines.

 

He said that on November 14, in the Cross River local government area of Akpabuyo, the army killed a well-known criminal and seized one locally made pistol.

 

He said, “On November 15, troops with hybrid forces raided suspected drugs peddlers’ hideout in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta and arrested six suspects.

 

“The maritime component of Operation Delta Safe, on November 17, conducted a search and rescue operation following a distress call on a missing Cameroonian-flagged motor Fishing Vessel MFV AFKI with registration number UK12 and number AFKI 8432780. After frantic surveillance, maritime component traced and made contact with the vessel 17 nautical miles off Pennington terminal.The vessel was recovered with two foreign crew members onboard.”

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