TROOP DESTROYED SEVERAL ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING SITES IN RIVERS, BAYELSA STATES, RECOVER OVER FORTY THOUSAND LITRES OF ILLEGAL PRODUCTS
In a reinvigorated vigour aimed at reducing the activities of notorious illegal oil bunkering merchants in the Niger Delta Region(NDR), troops of Land Component(LC), Joint Task Force(JTF), South South(SS), Operation DELTA SAFE(OPDS), have effectively scaled up operations against these criminal elements in the region. In the operations that ensued, troops identified several illegal refinning sites(IRS) in Rivers and Bayelsa States, where several discoveries were made.
In Rivers State, troops of Sector 3, LC JTF SS OPDS, following credible intelligence identified and successfully destroyed 3 IRS at Odagwa in Etche Local Government Area(LGA). The operation led to the confiscation and subsequent destruction of over 30000 litres of stolen and illegally refined products. Also, at Akaso field down to Cawthorne channel, around Well 9, troops discovered One IRS, 3 receivers and massive connecting pipes traversing the terrain to convey stolen crude to IRS. Other items were also confiscated and destroyed at the sites in line with the mandate of Operation DELTA SAFE in the NDR.
Similarly, in Bayelsa State, troops of Sector 2, while conducting routine operations in the creeks, waterways and rivulets along Dasaba Creek in Nembe LGA, confiscated over 12000 litres of stolen and illegally refined products. Other Items recovered at the IRS include One Fibre Boat, Five Ovens, several metal drums as well as massive reserviors used as storage facilities for this illegal venture.
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