Troops Nab 26 Oil Thieves, Impound 97 Cars, Boats
Nigerian military troops have arrested 29 oil thieves in a raid at creeks in the Niger Delta.
Items recovered from the arrested criminals include with 29 vehicles, 68 wooden boats, and nine speed boats.
Acting Director, Defence Media operation, DMO, Major Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja.
He said: “The troops of Operation DAKATAR DA BARAWO between 17 and 19 June 2022 carried out anti-illegal bunkering, oil theft and other sundry operations at various parts of Delta and Rivers States.
“Several wooden boats, storage tanks, dugout pits laden with illegal refined Automotive Gas Oil were discovered.
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“The total of Nine Hundred and Thirty Thousand (930,000) litres of Automotive Gas Oil and One Million One Hundred and Fifty Thousand (1,150,000) litres of stolen crude oil was discovered”.
He further explain that Operation OCTOPUS GRIP between 16 – 26 June 2022 2022 carried out massive anti-illegal bunkering, oil refining and crude oil theft in various parts of the South South Zone.
“Several storage tanks, dugout pits, oven, boats laden with both crude oil and illegal refined products were discovered by the troops.
“Within this period a total of Two Million One Hundred and Forty Four Thousand (2,144,000) litres of Automotive Gao Oil, Two Million Six Hundred and Sixty (2,660,000) litres of stolen crude oil, Fourteen Thousand (14,000) liters of Premium Motor Spirit and Fourteen Thousand (14,000) litres of Dual Purpose Kerosine were discovered. Also, 21 criminals involved in this criminal activities were arrested”, said Oyeuko.
