Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara command has disclosed that it arrested three persons and seized 137 kegs of petrol being smuggled into Benin Republic.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Ilorin by the spokesperson of the command, Mr Babawale Afolabi.
The command spokesperson said suspected smugglers were intercepted on Nigeria-Benin Republic boarder.
“The tactical anti-vandal team of the corps, acted on an Intelligence information and rounded up the three suspects on their way to Benin Republic with the petroleum products loaded inside 137 kegs on Dec. 17.”
The spokesman, however, said the corps was on the heals of other suspects who bolted on sighting the patrol team.
He alleged that the petroleum product was loaded from a filling station in Kaiama, headquarters of Baruten Local Government area, adding that the filling station had been sealed.
Afolabi said that the head of the Anti Vandal Unit, Ayinde Yusuf who led the operation, warned that the corps would not spare vandals and other economic saboteurs operating in the state.
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