About 50 local refineries have been destroyed by men of
Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield,
Army 4 Brigade, in several raids carried out by the command in Edo, Delta and
Ondo States. Also, 11 suspects were arrested in connection with sea piracy,
while others were apprehended for alleged armed robbery and kidnapping in the
last four weeks.
The command, in a statement by the Brigade Public Relations
Officer, Captain Rosalyn Managbe, said the operations were geared towards
enhancing a secured environment in the interest of national security
Among items recovered
from them were 100 Cotonou boats, 12 Tankers, 1,300 surface Geepee tanks and
350,000 drums of alleged illegally refined products, two FN riffles, one G3
riffle, one sub-machine gun, three AK 47 riffles and one pump action. Others
included 575 rounds of 7.62mm special, 42 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 44 rounds of
shot gun cartridge, 10 AK 47 magazines, one magazine, two FN magazines, three
walkie talkies, one metal detector and one battle axe.
