A joint team of personnel of Tantita Security Services Limited and Security Agencies have arrested a vessel, Harbor Spirit, while illegally loading crude oil from one of the platforms of the Sangana Oil Filed in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
The fight against crude oil thieves is getting intense by the day as the collaboration of the security agents and private security outfit is yielding positive results.
Just less than a month after arrest of a vessel stealing crude oil at Pennington Oil Field, another has been apprehended again.
The vessel MT Harbour Spirit, with IMO No. 8226272, is currently anchored at the Tantita facility in Oporoza.
The Vessel was already loaded with more than eighty-eight million litres of stolen crude oil, when it was apprehended alongside 12 crew members at the Sangana Oil Field, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The Captain and the all-Nigerian crew members, explain how they found themselves in the ship.
The vessel and the suspects were handed over to the Nigerian Police for further investigation and prosecution towards uncovering those behind the economic saboteurs.
The result of the fight against crude oil theft has help rise production