The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta on Sunday said that it had impounded 17 metal badges, 10 vessels and a tug boat laden with crude oil in Rivers.
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The JTF Commander, Maj.-Gen. Bata Debiro, said this after an assessment tour of JTF's operational bases in Bonny, Rivers.
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Debiro said that the arrests were made only in its "Sub-sector Five" areas, which covered Andoni, Bonny and Gokana local government areas in Rivers, between April 2012 and July 2013.
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He claimed that some of the vessels and badges were laden with stolen crude oil and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) when they were apprehended.
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Debiro said that eight out of the 17 seized metal badges had been destroyed, while others were still undergoing investigations.