
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Delta Safe in the month of May discovered and destroyed twenty-seven illegal refining sites with over ninety-six equipment.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Markus Kangye made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Kangye said the troops also foiled oil theft worth over Thirty-one point four Million Naira including seventy-seven thousand, five hundred and thirty litres of stolen crude oil, ten thousand, three hundred and forty litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, two thousand, seven hundred litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene, and one thousand, two hundred and forty litres of Premium Motor Spirit.
According to him, other items recovered include outboard engines, pipes, pumping machines, drilling machines, hoses, tricycles, motorcycles, mobile phones, and nine vehicles.
Kangye said the troops also undertook anti-kidnapping and anti-criminality operations on June One in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta.
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