No fewer than three trucks have been seized by the Nigerian Navy for allegedly being used to smuggle adulterated ‘black oil’ to unsuspecting consumers in Rivers, an official said.
Capt. Adegoke Ebo, Executive Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, disclosed this while presenting the trucks to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
Ebo said that owners of the trucks were caught while transporting adulterated black oil from large wooden boats into three 33,000 litres capacity trucks.
According to him, the trucks were seized by NNS Pathfinder’s anti-bunkering patrol team at Hourly Water Kings Front in Trans Amadi area of Port Harcourt on Feb. 21, 2019.
“At the time of arrest, one of the trucks was already laden with about 5,000 litres of petroleum products suspected to be illegally refined slug (black oil).
“Also, the two other trucks were connected to hoses waiting to load same slug product from large wooden boats in the area,” he said.
Source: Dailypost
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