NSCDC arrests five, recovers petrol
stored in sacks
The Lagos State command of the
Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Corps (NSCDC), has
arrested two men with boats
laden with over 12,000 litres of
petrol.
The suspects allegedly put the
petrol in plastic bags and stored
them in sacks.
The officers also arrested three
others with 43 jerry cans of
petrol, bought from suspected
pipeline vandals.
The spokesman for the
command, Mr. Sunday Eromosele,
who disclosed the arrest, said
the suspects were attempting to
smuggle the products to
neighbouring countries.
“At about 12PM in Ijora, Lagos,
on Monday, based on
information we got, we
intercepted and arrested two
suspected oil pipeline vandals on
a boat loaded with petrol which
they had stored in nylon bags
and these nylon bags were
stored in sacks. Each sack
contained about 120 litres and
we were able to recover over
100 sacks” Mr Eromosele stated.
“Two people were arrested while
trying to convey the products
and we suspected that they were
taking the petrol to a
neighbouring country to sell.”
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