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Navy Nabs Five Nigerians, Four Foreigners For Stealing Crude Oil

The Nigerian Navy, has arrested five Nigerians and four foreigners for allegedly stealing crude oil.
The Navy also said the nine suspects were arrested for illegal possession of firearms. The suspects which comprise of three Greek nationals, an American and fire Nigerians have been handed over to the police.
The Naval Officer in Tactical Command (OTC) Commodore Dickson Olisemenogor handed over the nine suspects arrested aboard SEA ANGELS 3, during operation “Junction Rain’’.at the Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos.
Olisemenogor, in a statement did not however, give the names of the four foreigners arrested by the Navy,, including that of the Five Nigerian suspects.
“The objective of the operation is to carry out maritime law enforcement operations at sea,”Olisemenogor said.
According to the statement, “Before now, we go out there to make arrest and we hand over to relevant agencies, but the activities of these criminals have continued unabated.
“This time around, we made a detailed search and interrogation of ships at sea.
“Within the period of the operation, we interrogated over 100 ships, we boarded over 40 of them and in the process of boarding these vessels, one was suspected to be carrying illegal activities on our waters.
“When we interrogated the captain and crew members of the ship, they made us believe that there were only five Nigerians on board.
“They were not shining their electronic gadget at sea, which will indicate their position as stipulated by the International Maritime Organisation and this attracted our attention.
“We boarded and discovered that there were more than five persons on board. There were five Nigerians, three Greeks and an American.
He said further search on the boat revealed that the suspects had four MI Riffles that can do anything at sea and over 1000 rounds of ammunition with them including various military kits.
“What they are doing on our waters, we do not know. We are handing over the suspects, exhibits and the boats to the Nigerian Police.
“The agency will ensure further investigation and further prosecutions,’’ Olisemenogor said.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Interpol, Tunji Akingbola, while receiving the suspects, said investigation would commence immediately.
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