, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo, Akwa Ibom, has arrested six suspected smugglers, seized 1, 439 bags of smuggled rice between December 23, 2019, to January in the state.
Mr Yime, a captain, said the command would remain steadfast in fighting illegalities on the waterways in line with the directive of the Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok Ibas.He said the arrests were made along the Unyenge, Effiat, and Mendoro creeks between December 2019 and January by Navy officers and men on routine patrol in their gunboats.
One of the suspects, Wede John, from Bayelsa, said that he usually transports fish and was carrying rice for the first time when he was arrested. “I usually transport crayfish and dry fish to Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. I was carrying rice from Bakassi to Unyenge when I was arrested,” he said.
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