The Nigerian Navy said it arrested five suspected oil thieves who specialise in vandalising oil piplelines and stealing petroleum products in Rivers state.
Executive Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Captain Adegoke Ebo told newsmen todday, while handing over the suspects to officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC that the suspects were arrested while transporting large quantities of diesel suspected to be adulterated.
Ebo said that the product was found hidden on a large wooden boat at Dutch Island creeks, Okirika area of Rivers.
The executive officer of NNS Pathfinder said that the large wooden boat had been on close watch by troops for suspicious activities over time before the seizure.
Receiving the suspects and petroleum product, Macaulay Olayinka said the navy in collaboration with the anti-graft agency was winning the fight against oil thieves and vandals.
