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Navy arrests 2 suspected smugglers with 350 bags of fertilizers
The Nigerian Navy has arrested two suspected smugglers with a speed boat carrying 350 bags of fertilizers en route to Cameroon.
The Commander of Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Capt. Uche Aneke, disclosed this to journalists while handing over the suspects and items to the Nigerian Customs Service in Ibaka, Akwa Ibom on Thursday.
He said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday morning.
Aneke said the Navy received an intelligence report on the activities of suspected smugglers within its area of operations.
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He said: “Intelligence report indicated that a speed boat was conveying some bags suspected to be fertilizers, and headed to Cameroon while transiting within the waters under FOB Ibaka Area of operations.”
He warned individuals or groups indulging in smuggling or other form of crimes in Nigeria’s waters to desist forthwith.
Aneke said the Nigerian Navy under the watch of Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, remained committed to tackling all manners of maritime crimes in the state.
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