Personnel of the Nigerian Navy have arrested six suspected oil thieves, recovered stolen crude and destroyed illegal refining sites in Bayelsa State.
Making the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwiyor Adams-Aliu, said the arrests and recoveries were made between August 29 and September 2 by naval operatives in Operation Delta Sanity.
Commodore Adams-Aliu said the six suspects were arrested with 109 sacks of illegally refined petroleum products along the Ogboinbiri-Kasama-Azama-Isoni of Bayelsa State on August 31, adding that four fibre and two wooden boats were also recovered the same day on the axis.
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He said seven large Cotonou and two fibre boats operated by armed criminals loading crude oil from an illegal point around the Botokiri axis of Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State were also seized on August 29.
