Navy Confiscates Vessels Carrying Illicit Arms, Crude Oil in Niger Delta

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The Nigerian Navy has said it apprehended some vessels carrying illicit arms and stolen crude oil and destroyed several illegal refining sites through its Operation Delta Sanity II in March.


The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known yesterday in a statement issued in Abuja.


Adams-Aliu said the troops had on March 7, uncovered and destroyed an illegal refinery site laden with about 5,500 litres of stolen crude oil, and 2,000 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), at Oteghele community in Warri, South-West Local Government Area of Delta State.

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