Navy uncovers hidden fuel stash, recovers 63,290 litres of diesel in Rivers

The Nigerian Navy said it has recorded different operational occurrence nether Operation Delta Sentinel with the find of a concealed cache of suspected illegally refined petroleum products and the interception of a conveyance believed to beryllium portion of an illicit substance organisation web successful Rivers State.

A connection signed by Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, Director of Naval Information, said acting connected credible intelligence, unit of Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Soroh were deployed to the Okolomade assemblage axis of Abua-Odual Local Government Area, wherever quality indicated the question of suspected illegally refined products wrong the Orashi Forest corridor.  

According to the statement, during the operation, the squad intercepted a metallic colored Toyota Camry suspected to beryllium conveying illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, AGO.

“A hunt of the conveyance led to the betterment of astir 17 sacks containing suspected illegally refined AGO,” it said, adding that “Further exploitation of the country revealed further concealed stockpiles hidden nether heavy vegetation astatine aggregate locations wrong the forest.”

It added that consequent crushed searches resulted successful the betterment of an further 56 sacks of suspected illegally refined AGO strategically dispersed crossed the area, adding that successful total, the cognition led to the betterment of 73 sacks containing astir 63,290 litres of suspected illeg...