Operatives
of the Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, code-named Operation Pulo
Shield, have shut down 40 illegal refinery camps in the creek of Southern Ijaw
Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The
Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre of the JTF, Lieutenant Colonel
Mustapha Anka, yesterday in Yenagoa, said the camps were smoked out due to
proactive intelligence gathering on the activities of the illegal oil bunkerers
and oil thieves in Niger Delta.
“Troops
of JTF have shut down 40 illegal distillery camps along Alkini Kalatoro,
Lagosbene and Epelene creeks in Southern Ijaw council of Bayelsa State, where
oil thieves operates with 21 Cotonou boats, 78 dumps and 154 plastic drums
filled with substance suspected to be stolen crude,” said Anka.
“Both
the sites and the items were destroyed. No suspect was arrested during the
operation. Troops had already been deployed in the general area,” he added.
According
to him, troops of the Sector 1, anti-illegal bunkering squad of the special
security intercepted and arrested four trucks loaded with products suspected to
be illegally refined products and crude oil along Akpokoka Waterside in Koko,
Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State.
According
to him, the vehicles are currently in the custody of the JTF for preliminary
investigation.
Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, which is one of the biggest
in the country, is regarded as the hub of illegal crude oil distilling business
in the Niger Delta.
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