Nigerian Navy confiscates vessels carrying stolen crude oil, arms

The Nigerian Navy says it apprehended some vessels carrying illicit arms and stolen crude oil and destroyed several illegal refining sites through its Operation Delta Sanity II in the month of March.

The Director of Naval Information, Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

Mr Adams-Aliu said the troops had, on 7 March, uncovered and destroyed an illegal refinery site laden with about 5,500 litres of stolen crude oil, and 2,000 litres of illegally…