Petroleum marketers under the aegis of Natural Oil and Gas Supplier Association of Nigeria have commended operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps,
Akwa Ibom State command, for their efforts that led to the arrest of suspected pol thieves in the state.
NSCDC operatives in the command arrested six suspected oil thieves who disguised as a Joint Security Tax Force of an agency to perpetrate their illegal act.
The operatives subsequently intercepted 45,000 litres of Automative Gas Oil popularly known as diesel.
The suspects were arrested along Calabar-Itu Highway on Monday by operatives of the Anti-Vandal squad after a tip-off.