Eric Patrick
The Special Intelligence Squad (SIS) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted an illegal operation aimed at siphoning 20,000 litres of crude oil in Uzuaku, in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.
The suspects illegally accessed a pipeline by installing a switch valve on a trunk line that lies beneath a railway track.
This was disclosed in a post accompanied by photos shared on the agency’s X account on Sunday.
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According to the post, NSCDC operatives discovered and dismantled the illegal connection, preventing further siphoning.
The post read, ” NSCDC CG’s SIS foils siphoning of about twenty thousand (20,000) litres of crude oil through illegal tapping of an installed pipeline by illegally connecting a switch valve to the trunk line passing through the railway track at Uzuaku town, Ukwa West LGA of Abia state.”
