The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State, on Tuesday disclosed that it has intercepted a boat with 24,500 litres of petrol.
According to The PUNCH, the command also confirmed that it had arrested two vandals suspected to be smuggling the intercepted petrol to the Benin Republic.
Prior to the arrest, it was discovered that the command had received information regarding the vandals’ activities on the high seas.
The exhibits and the two suspects, Olorunwa Sunday and Friday Bolaji, were displayed by the corps’ commandant, Eweka Okoro, on Tuesday at Lagos’ Ijora Jetty.
Okoro said the command’s intelligence team had been on the trail of the oil vandals for a while.
He said, “We arrested a Cotonou boat containing 400 kegs of 30 litres of PMS and 50 kegs of 250 litres of the same content. We discovered that the petrol was being smuggled from Nigeria to the Republic of Benin to be sold at the triple price.
“According to investigations, the destination of the suspects was Badagry and then to Cotonou to sell the petrol.”
He stated that after the investigations were completed, the individuals will be charged and brought to court to face the law.
“The petrol will be given back to the NNPC and we will forward the findings of our investigations for prosecution,” he added.e added.
