Nigerian Navy finds illegal refining pits, arrests 10 in drug raids
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Photos posted Oct. 17, 2026 by the Nigerian Navy with a statement from its Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, under Operation Delta Sentinel. The Navy says NNS SOROH personnel found a suspected illegal refining site in Orashi Forest, Ogbogolo community, Ahoada West, Rivers State on Oct. 15, with five dugout pits holding about 105,000 litres of suspected illegally refined diesel and 18 smaller pits holding about 9,500 litres of suspected stolen crude oil, and that the operators fled. It says NNS DELTA and the NDLEA raided suspected drug storage and sale points in Delta State on Oct. 14-15, arrested 10 suspects, recovered substances suspected to include cocaine, methamphetamine, tramadol and cannabis, and handed them to the NDLEA Warri Area Command.
- What
- Nigerian Navy finds illegal refining pits, arrests 10 in drug raids
- Where
- Rivers and Delta States, Nigeria
- When
- 2026-10-17
- Source
- Nigerian Navy
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- Nigerian Navy (watch at source)
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- Official release · Nigerian Navy (Directorate of Naval Information) · Rivers and Delta States, Nigeria
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