Troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed an illegal refinery site in the general area of Ogbokoko and Atu in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The development followed the troops’ anti-oil theft operations in South-South on the 23rd of August.

According to a statement from the Director of Army Public Relations Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, during the operations, the troops destroyed eight active ovens used for illegal refining of stolen crude oil, 14 storage reservoirs containing stolen crude oil estimated at 200,000 litres and 90,000 litres of locally refined automotive gas oil.

He explained that the illegal refining site was destroyed in line with extant guidelines of Operation Delta Safe and investigations are ongoing to arrest the fleeing criminals.