The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger
Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said it had
destroyed a depot for stolen crude and
set ablaze two trucks with crude in Eleme
community in Rivers.
A statement signed by Lt.-Col. Mustapha
Anka, the Spokesman for the task force
issued in Yenagoa on Saturday, said that
the building housing the illegal depot was
demolished during the operation.
According to the statement, the illegal
crude storage facility was connected to a
28-inch compromised Rukpoku-Bonny
crude oil pipeline operated by Shell.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the pipeline was breached at Elelewo
Community in Eleme Local Government
Area of Rivers and a hose connected to
the illegal storage facility.
The storage facility consisted of a well
reservoir where the stolen crude was
stored before loading to trucks between
12.00 am and 4.00 am.
“Two trucks with 45,000 liters capacity
each, loaded with stolen crude oil were
intercepted and arrested during the
operation.
“One of the tankers arrested had
registration number RV XA 356 BGM,
while the second had no plate number.
“The loaded trucks were about leaving the
premises before the anti oil theft team of
the task force intercepted them,” the JTF
said.
The JTF said that no arrest was made as
the suspects absconded on sighting
troops.
“The trucks and contents with the hose
were taken to a safe location and
destroyed in line with mandate of the task
force.
“The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense
Corps (NSCDC), Department of State
Security (DSS) and the SPDC surveillance
team witnessed the destruction,” the
statement read in part. (NAN)
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