…operations also dismantled reactivated illegal refining sites, intercepted illicit fuel consignments and prevented criminal groups from restoring illegal refining operations across the Niger Delta. According to him, coordinated riverine operations led to the destruction of numerous illegal refining sites, reservoirs, d…

"This indicated an organised effort to move illicit petroleum products from remote creek locations into commercial distribution channels." The Navy said the operation also exposed a suspected supply route used by oil thieves and illegal refiners to move products from hidden refining camps in the creeks to buyers and di…