Crime • Created January 31, 2020 06:13

Navy arrests 13 suspects, seizes 2,053 bags of rice

The Nigerian Navy in Akwa Ibom State has arrested 13 suspects and seized 2,053 bags of smuggled rice from them. Speaking on Thursday in Ibaka, Commanding Officer, FOB, Captain Peter Yilme, said the suspects were arrested in two different operations on the 26th and 29th January 2020 at Unyenge creek area. Yilme who was represented […]

Navy arrests 13 suspects, seizes 2,053 bags of rice

The Nigerian Navy in Akwa Ibom State has arrested 13 suspects and seized 2,053 bags of smuggled rice from them.

Speaking on Thursday in Ibaka, Commanding Officer, FOB, Captain Peter Yilme, said the suspects were arrested in two different operations on the 26th and 29th January 2020 at Unyenge creek area.

Yilme who was represented by the Base Operations Officer, Lieutenant Commander Kabiru Yusuf, at the handover of the suspects and 50kg bags of rice to the Deputy Superintendent of Nigeria Customs Service, Garuba Hassan, said the arrests were made during a routine patrol by Navy gunboats.

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