The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Delta Safe and other subsidiary operations discovered and destroyed 44 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region in two weeks.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bid-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja.
Mr Danmadami said the troops also apprehended 29 suspected oil thieves in land, maritime and air operations at creeks, villages, communities, waterways, cities and towns within Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers States.
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