Nigerian Navy destroys three illegal refining sites, recover 85,000 litres diesel in Rivers

The Nigerian Navy said that it has continued to exert operational unit against crude lipid theft and amerciable refining activities arsenic portion of its Operation Delta Sentinel.

It said that this includes the disruption of 3 amerciable refining sites and the betterment of astir 85,000 litres of products believed to beryllium illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, successful Rivers State.

A connection issued by Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, the Director of Naval Information, indicated that the caller cognition was carried retired by unit from the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Pathfinder successful the Egbema country of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

It said the cognition was initiated pursuing credible quality regarding the ongoing activities of transgression elements successful the region.

The Nigerian Navy said the cognition resulted successful the recognition of 3 amerciable refining sites, which included 8 dugout pits, sacks, and reservoirs filled with astir 85,000 litres of products suspecte...