JTF destroys 10,000 drums of illegal product,arrest Police ASP

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Written by Abdullateef Abubakar Jos

Reports say   that the drums containing the illegal diesel was destroyed at Nigerian

Army burning site at Ikang in Bakassi Local Government Area of the state.

He said that the JTF arrested the illegal `bunkerers' at Mesembe Avenue at Anatigha in

Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River through an intelligent report.

Joseph said that the oil thieves were arrested on Christmas eve at 7 p.m, noting that the

area was one of the hideout in Calabar South.

``We got an intelligent reports about this hideout, you can see in their hideaway, there

are over 10,000 drums of diesel products and when we came, we raided the place,’’ he

said.

He said that Nigerian Army was determined to curb the activities of oil theft in Cross

River in particular and Nigeria in general.

``Our soldiers have been combing Calabar South to make sure that illegal bunkering

does not make headway in Cross River,’’ Joseph said.

Joseph said that Nigerian Army was working in collaboration with the Nigeria Security

and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to check the activities of oil thieves in the state.

He advised the perpetrators of the act to desist from the illegal bunkering or the long

arm of the law would catch up with them.

The Army spokesperson said that the six people arrested had been handed over to Civil

Defence for further investigations.