The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Akwa Ibom says it has apprehended three suspects and seized 4,500 litres of adulterated diesel also called Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in the state.
The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the command’s exhibits yard in Uyo on Thursday.
Eluwade said that the adulterated AGO being conveyed in cellophane bags were concealed with palm kernel shells to beat security checks.
He said that on March 17, operatives of the Anti-Vandal Squad along Calabar-Itu highway, apprehended two suspects conveying 100 cellophane bags of suspected adulterated AGO.
He added the product was being conveyed in an open bucket articulated vehicle with Registration Number, FGE 680 ZS.
Eluwade further said that on March 19, another open bucket articulated vehicle with Registration Number, BB 825 XX loaded with no fewer than…
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