{"id":24154,"date":"2024-03-27T12:04:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/navy-nabs-suspected-oil-thief-enroute-cameroon-with-15500-litres-of-pms\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:04:32","slug":"navy-nabs-suspected-oil-thief-enroute-cameroon-with-15500-litres-of-pms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/navy-nabs-suspected-oil-thief-enroute-cameroon-with-15500-litres-of-pms\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy nabs suspected oil thief enroute Cameroon with 15,500 litres of PMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, FOB, Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, has arrested a suspected oil thief en route to Cameroon with 15,500 litres of suspected Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanding Officer, Capt. Uche Aneke, made this disclosure at Ibaka while handing over the suspect and the seized product to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC.<\/p>\n<p>Aneke said that the suspect was arrested with the exhibit at about 2:00 am on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the navy received an intelligence report that a boat was conveying suspected smuggled products through FOB, Ibaka operational area, and heading towards Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe intercepted the boat and discovered that it was laden with 15,500 litres of products suspected PMS concealed under a tarpaulin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe also found a suspected smuggler onboard who was arrested immediately,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The commanding officer warned against smuggling of illegal consignments in or out of the country, saying that the navy was committed to tackling such activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe are committed towards detecting every criminal move around our operational area using advanced surveillance equipment and intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dCriminals are warned, Nigeria\u2019s water and coastal areas are not for illegal activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Receiving the exhibit, Mr Etefia Koko-Ette, Head, Anti Vandal Unit of the NSCDC command in Akwa Ibom, said further investigation would be conducted on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Navy nabs suspected oil thief enroute Cameroon with 15,500 litres of PMS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, FOB, Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, has arrested a suspected oil thief en route to Cameroon&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5237,384,3483,15],"tags":[125,387,3484,180],"class_list":["post-24154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cameroon","category-metro","category-navy","category-news","tag-cameroon","tag-metro","tag-navy","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}