Police operatives attached to the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering have successfully busted an illegal petroleum refining operation in Edo State.
This followed the interception of intelligence on activities of an alleged illicit petroleum products refining syndicate operating adjacent to Agbor Junction, Benin City, Edo State.
Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi in a statement said three empty trucks, thirty-one immobile surface tanks, 7 of which were loaded with unspecified quantity of petroleum products, were discovered by the Police.
Two suspects, Chinedu Iyanabor and Sunday Iyagbesun were arrested during the raid, which revealed the site was also used as a dumpsite for petroleum products.