The Delta State National Security and Civil Defence Corps apprehended four bunkery suspects and impounded six tankers and articulated trucks loaded with stolen illegally refined petroleum products suspected to be Automated Gasoline Oil.
This was stated by the Command’s public relations officer, Emeka Okwechime, in a statement made available to journalists in Warri on Wednesday.
According to the statement, men of the Special Intelligence Squad of the NSCDC bust the secret loading point at Odorubu waterside in Patani Local Government Area of the state.
The agency explained that the suspected vandals used a tanker to barricade the only road leading to the illegal loading point to prevent security operatives from gaining access.
The statement read partly, “The officers engaged the services of six truck drivers, two auto electricians and a tow truck, which towed away the heavily loaded 120-litres capacity truck used by the crude oil thieves to barricade the road leading to the illegal loading point”.
“The four suspects were arrested in a separate operation in Warri with a Toyota Camry blue car with registration number BMA 786 TN and a Toyota Sienna with registration Number KSF 107 CD both loaded with illegally refined petroleum product suspected to be AGO concealed in 25-liter polythene sacks numbering about 300 sacks.”
The statement listed the names of the suspects as Clement Mike 34years, Tobore Morgan 39years, Chinwe Ikpeamachukwu 40years and Jeff Oluchi 29years, now at large.
It explained that the suspects are currently undergoing investigation and would be charged to court accordingly to serve as a deterrent to others.