Nigerian Police Operatives Discover Illegal Petroleum Refining Site in Agbor Area of Edo State, Arrest Suspects, Recover Trucks..

Police operatives attached to the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) in the late hours of September 7, 2022, successfully busted an illegal petroleum refining operation in Edo State.

This follows the interception of intelligence on activities of an alleged illicit petroleum products refining syndicate operating adjacent to Agbor Junction, Benin City, Edo State via a whistle blower through the recently created Nigeria National Petroleum Company's (NNPC) Command and Control Centre Portal.

Consequent to the raid on the illegal petroleum refining site, three (3) empty DAF Trucks, thirty-one (31) immobile surface tanks – 7 of which were loaded with unspecified quantity of petroleum products, were discovered by the Police.

Additionally, two suspects were arrested during the raid. Preliminary investigations reveal the site was also used as a dumpsite for petroleum products...
Source: CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi | Facebook..