Security operatives uncover major illegal refinery in Delta

<p>The military explained that the sting operation on Saturday followed a surveillance report on the activities of illegal oil refiners in the area.</p>, <span>Security operatives uncover major illegal refinery in Delta. guardian</span>, <h2>Troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and those of a private security firm have jointly uncovered a major illegal refining site in Delta.</h2>, <p>Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the operation was undertaken by troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion.</p>, <p>The battalion operates in 6 Division Area of Responsibility at Owahwa community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta.</p>, <p>Nwachukwu stated that the operation was in continuation of the sustained effort to deny oil thieves the freedom of action and to protect the oil sector from economic saboteurs.</p>, <p>He explained that the sting operation on Saturday followed a surveillance report on the activities of illegal oil refiners in the area.</p>, <p>He explained that the troops stormed the site and discovered 35 modular ovens used for illegal oil refining; three fabricated reservoirs; 30 dugout reservoirs and 75 galvanised pipes.</p>, <p>“The operatives have since clamped down on the illegal refining site.</p>, <p>“The Nigerian Army enjoins all law-abiding citizens to continue to support on-going anti-oil theft operations by reporting suspected illicit refining and illegal bunkering in their areas to security agencies,’’ Nwachukwu stated.</p>