Nigerian Navy operatives in Delta State yesterday destroyed an oil bunkering vessel arrested with stolen crude oil in the creeks of the Niger Delta.
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Erevision Mediatv gathered that crude oil was being illegally loaded into the ship when it was arrested along with its seven-man crew by operatives of Tantita Security Services, one of the recently contracted oil pipelines surveillance firms, last Thursday.
About 600 to 650 cubic metres of illegally lifted crude oil in five compartments was said to be on board the vessel with registration number L85 B9.50 at the time of arrest.
Following confessions of the ship’s captain, Temple Manasseh, that the vessel was actually crude-laden and was arrested by Tantita operatives, men of the Nigerian Navy set the vessel ablaze on the Warri River at about 3pm.
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