4 nabbed as Navy intercepts Cameroon-bound diesel
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Mar 19, 2020
A patrol team of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory in Calabar, Cross River, has intercepted 204 drums of illegally refined diesel being smuggled to Cameroon.
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The team also arrested four suspects in connection with the seizure. The suspects are Okon Asuquo-Okon, Unwana Nkereuwem, Ndundu Entom and Victor Effiok.
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The Commander of NNS Victory, Rear Adm. Vincent Okeke, handed over the petroleum product and suspects to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Calabar.
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Okeke, who was represented by Navy Capt. Ibrahim Gwaska, said they were arrested on March 13 at the Calabar River entrance enroute Cameroon.
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He said the product loaded on a wooden boat was suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO).
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"On Friday, March 13, 2020, NNS Victory patrol team on routine patrol intercepted and arrested a wooden boat laden with substances suspected to be AGO at Calabar river entrance enroute Republic of Cameroon," Okeke said.
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"Investigation revealed that the suspected illegally refined AGO was loaded from Ijaw Creek around Bonny Island in Rivers State and was heading to Wovia in Cameroon," he said.
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He added that on the same date and location, another boat laden with 105 drums of AGO was arrested, but the suspects absconded on sighting the Navy Base gunboats.
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"Prior to this very arrest, on March 4 2020, the base patrol team arrested three suspects and 54 drums of illegally refined Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on a wooden boat at Agbana West Point by Tom Shot Island Breakwaters."
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