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NAVY APPREHENDS TWO STOWAWAYS A MONTH AFTER FIRST ARREST

...12 OTHERS TOO Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft patrol team has, once again, during an operation, thwarted 14 stowaways from illegally embarking on a deadly voyage out of the country. Among those arrested in a MOTOR TANKER UOG CONSTANTINE at Lagos Roadstead on Friday, 15 December 2023, were two stowaways said to have been arrested about a month ago and handed over to the appropriate authority. According to the navy, such an act reemphasized the persistence of such illicit activities but vowed to ensure that the maritime corridor was kept safe...
Enforcement

OPS WATER GUARD: NN ARRESTS GHANAIANS WITH 5,000KG OF CANNABIS SATIVA

A renewed and reinvigorated efforts of the Nigerian Navy to ensure that the maritime sector doesn't serve as a conduit pipe for smuggling illicit drugs and perpetration of illegalities, a foreigner has been nabbed by Operation Water Guard personnel in Lagos.  Operating under the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT’s Patrol Team, under the strategic leadership of the Commander Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT and Maritime Component Commander, Operation AWATSE, Commodore Kolawole Olumide Oguntuga, successfully intercepted a huge wooden boat, laden with over 120 bags of narcotics suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The...
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NAVY IMPOUNDS WOODEN BOAT WITH 150 BAGS OF CARGO

The Commander Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT and Maritime Component Commander of Operation AWATSE, Commodore Kolawole Olumide Oguntuga has disclosed the interception of a large wooden boat laden with over 150 bags of foreign parboiled rice around Lagos Anchorage. The interception which took place in the early hours of 25th November 2023 was made possible with the help of The Maritime Domain Awareness Facility the Falcon eye Alignment, and the Base Quick Response Team under ongoing Operation WATER GUARD. Following established protocols, the bags of rice were transported to the Nigerian...
Enforcement

MEGA ARREST BY NIGERIAN NAVY: LARGE FIBRE BOAT SEIZED CARRYING ILLEGALLY OBTAINED PMS

...AS NNS BEECROFT INTERCEPTS 18,000L TRUCK IN IBEJU LEKKI A few days after Operation WATER GUARD was flagged off in Badagry to muscle out maritime criminals and galvanize a safe corridor for trade and commerce in the maritime domain, NNS BEECROFT's patrol team made a remarkable interception as they seized a large fibre boat transporting illegally obtained Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). According to Commander NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Olumide Oguntuga disclosed that his team acted on credible intelligence and discovered the vessel abandoned near the Ijegun community. In a statement...