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Five foreign nationals, who allegedly specialised in conveying petroleum products from pipeline vandals to Benin Republic, have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy Task Force in Badagry area of Lagos State.
The suspects, comprising four teenagers from Benin Republic and a 50-year-old Ghanaian, were reportedly arrested while conveying 113 50-litre jerrycans filled with petroleum products.
Parading the suspects before journalists, weekend, Administration Officer, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Commander Hyacynth Nwaka, said operatives of the Task Force at Atlas Cove, acting on a tip-off, intercepted the suspects at 3.30a.m. and brought them to the base for further investigation.
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