Navy recovers 87,000 litres of suspected illegally refined diesel in Rivers

The Nigerian Navy has recovered astir 87,000 litres of suspected illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), besides known arsenic diesel, during an cognition against crude lipid theft and amerciable lipid bunkering successful Rivers State.
The betterment was made successful the Okarki country nether Operation Delta Sentinel, pursuing the find of a hidden substance retention installation believed to person been utilized for the amerciable stockpiling of petroleum products.

The Director of Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Friday successful Abuja.

According to him, unit of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Soroh carried retired the cognition aft acting connected credible intelligence.

He said unit of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Soroh carried retired an anti-crude lipid theft cognition successful the country aft receiving credible intelligence, starring to the find of a concealed installation utilized to illegally store petroleum products.

“The hidden installation contained suspected illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and instrumentality ...