Troops of the Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt on Friday arrested eight men accused of smuggling about 200,000 litres of adulterated diesel believed to be worth over N50 million. The suspects, who were arrested along Taraba Jetty waterways, were alleged to have sourced the petroleum product from unapproved refining site. Ikenna Okoloagu, the Base Operation Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, paraded the eight suspected smugglers and vessel before newsmen in Port Harcourt. Okoloagu said that troops after boarding the vessel found out that the vessel was laden with 200,000 litres of petroleum products suspected to be illegally refined diesel. “To this end, the eight crewmen were arrested and the vessel seized as part of preliminary investigation to unravel the circumstances of the petroleum product,” he said.

Source: Punch August 17, 2018 14:15 UTC