The Defence Headquarters says troops of the armed forces have in the final three weeks found and destroyed 30 illegal refining websites and 125 storage tanks in numerous operations in the South-South.
Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim who spoke on behalf of the Director, Defence Media Operations stated this on Thursday in Abuja on the bi-weekly media briefing on the operations of the armed forces.
Mr Ibrahim stated 227 ovens, 11 dugout pits and 21 picket boats had been additionally destroyed by troops of Operation DELTA SAFE whereas conducting Operation OCTOPUS GRIP.
He stated troops additionally recovered 1,675,700 litres of crude oil, 74,500 litres of Automotive (*30*) Oil, 10 automobiles, 20 bikes, eight weapons and 330 assorted ammunitions through the operation.
Mr Ibrahim stated 42 financial saboteurs had been arrested by the troops, who had been handed over to acceptable authority for additional motion.
He stated the air element of the operation carried out air interdiction missions throughout which they noticed energetic illegal refining websites, gear, reservoirs and picket boats loaded with illegally refined merchandise.
Mr Ibrahim added that the troops of Operation UDO KA had sustained the combat towards the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network criminals and different social vices in the South-East.
He stated the troops neutralised 4 Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network criminals, arrested 37 suspected criminals and rescued 15 kidnapped civilians throughout numerous operations in the zone.
Mr Ibrahim stated 4 AK-47 rifles, two AK-47 magazines, 5 pump motion rifles, two regionally made pistols, one dane gun, eight launcher tubes, 13 stay cartridges and regionally made hand grenades had been recovered throughout the weeks underneath evaluation.
He stated different gadgets recovered had been one bag of explosives, IED wires, one bow and arrow, two vehicles loaded with vandalised railways sleepers, 4 automobiles, six bike, 32 cell phones, one tricycle and N15,000.
According to him, all recovered gadgets, apprehended suspects and rescued kidnapped civilians have been handed over to the appropriates authority for additional motion.
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