The Nigerian Navy announced on Thursday that its patrol team deployed by Forward Operating Base (FOB) Formoso in Bayelsa State has arrested MV MIDES 2 and two other Cotonou boats for alleged illegal bunkering activities at Sonikiri Community in Nembe LGA of Bayelsa State.
MV MIDES 2 was arrested on November 16, 2016 while carrying out transfer of suspected illegally refined AGO to the Cotonou boats.
The Nigerian Navy issued a statement on Thursday, informing the public of some of its successes.
It further stated: “In another raid, on 18 Nov 2016, the patrol team deployed by NNS PATHFINDER in Rivers State destroyed an illegal refinery site containing about 70,000 litres of stolen crude oil and 40,000 litres of illegally refined AGO at Bille Creek in Rivers State.
“Similarly the patrol team deployed by NNS DELTA arrested 4 persons onboard a Cotonou boat laden with suspected stolen crude oil on the Forcados River.”
The statement added that this these achievements have helped in reducing the cases of illegal bunkering in the region.
One of them was an earlier raid conducted by the operatives in which a Cotonou boat laden with about 15 metric tons (MT) of product suspected to be crude oil was destroyed at Benneth Island in Delta State.
They stated that they have intensified patrol of the maritime areas of the country in order to deter any form of security beaches and threats.
