Navy NabsTwo Smugglers With 350kg Bags Of Fertilizer

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, says it has arrested two suspected smugglers with 350kg bags of fertilizers.
FOB said the suspects were conveying the fertilizers in a speed boat en route Cameroon.
Commanding Officer of FOB, Capt. Uche Aneke disclosed this to newsmen while handing over the suspects and items to the Nigerian Customs Service in Ibaka, Akwa Ibom State.
Capt Aneke, who explained that the suspects were arrested on Tuesday, at about 8:30am, said the Navy received intelligence report of activities of suspected smugglers within its area of operations.
“Intelligence report indicated that a speed boat was conveying some bags suspected to be fertilizers, and headed to Cameroon while transiting within the waters under FOB Ibaka Area of operations”, he said.
The Commanding officer warned any individual or groups planning to indulge in smuggling in or out of Nigeria or planning to carry out any form of criminality in Nigeria’s waters to desist forthwith.
He said the Nigerian Navy, under the watch of  Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, remained committed to tackling all manners of maritime crimes in the state.
He said criminal elements in FOB Ibaka Area of operations, under the Eastern Naval Command Area of Responsibility, would continue to be detected using advanced surveillance equipment and intelligence.
Earlier, Deputy Superintendent of Customs, Akwa Ibom State Command, Mr. Dada Fagbola, while receiving the suspects and the items from FOB, thanked the Navy for providing safety in Nigeria’s waterways.
Fagbola said further investigation and prosecution would be carried out on the matter.