The Nigerian Army said troops of 6 Division seized several wooden boats, destroyed over 40 illegal refining sites and confiscated over 180,000 litres of illegally refined products across the Niger Delta region.
Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the operations, which were conducted with other security agencies, led to the confiscation of illegally refined products within 6 Division's area of responsibility. ' Troops of 6 Division Garrison, in conjunction with other security agencies at Bille and Mbiama, general area, Okrika LGA, recorded tremendous operational successes.
'Additionally, five illegal refining sites were taken out around Alakiri general area, also in Okrika LGA, where over 15,000 litres of illegally refined products were confiscated. 'In a similar vein, troops of 16 Brigade at Cawthorne Channel 1, around Bille and Elem Karakarma general areas in Degema LGA, arrested two wooden boats containing illegally refined products estimated to be over 24,000 litres as well as two fibre boats containing over 1,200 stolen crude.
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