Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command has said its operatives have arrested 18 suspected illegal oil bunkerers in Rivers State.
The Agency’s Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the suspects were arrested on Monday in a location within the new Government Reservation Area, G.R.A, Port Harcourt, alongside three vehicles comprising a Truck with registration number Lagos AAA 995 XH, Toyota Avalon car with registration number Rivers SKP 327 AW and Nissan Murano Jeep with registration number Rivers PHC 434 AE.
The EFCC Spokesman said: “The Truck was loaded with products suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil( AGO) packed in 9( nine) Geepee tanks of 3,000 litres capacity each and three big drums filled with the same product. Also, the Avalon car conveyed product suspected to be illegally refined AGO in cellophane bags.”
He stated that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.