Four thousand liters of stolen diesel were recovered after the Nigerian Navy stopped a diesel theft operation in the Lagos waterway. In the AtlasCove in the Apapa region of the state, near an oil complex owned by NNPC Ltd., the stolen fuel was discovered on a wooden boat traveling the river. Suspects involved in the crime leaped into the murky waters and swam away, but the Navy’s prompt response to intelligence reports resulted in the successful recovery of the stolen product, which is valued at millions. The Navy’s ongoing efforts to stop oil theft and illicit activity in the nation’s waterways are highlighted by this most recent seizure. Commodore Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, the commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, revealed that the Nigerian Navy maritime surveillance system assisted in the interception.
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