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The Nigerian Navy Ship (BEECROFT) has arrested five stowaways caught onboard MT CHEMSTRANS BALTIC vessel at Lagos anchorage.

The Nigerian Navy Ship (BEECROFT) has arrested five stowaways caught onboard MT CHEMSTRANS BALTIC vessel at Lagos anchorage.

Nigerian officials announced they had carried out a sting operation that captured cocaine being smug...

All the 22 crewmen are being detained on board the ship at the Lagos Port Complex while the investigation continued.

Naval operatives attached to the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), BEECROFT, have arrested 11 suspected pipeline vandals. The suspects were arrested at Abagbo, a riverine community in Lagos while syphoning fuel from pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that runs from Atlas Cove to Ejigbo and Mosimi depots in Lagos and Ogun states. […]

The suspects claimed that they had been monitoring the movement of the v

Investigation revealed that the vessel had developed an engine problem

Navy foils smuggling, recovers 162 bags of rice in Lagos waterfront The Punch Published 20 July 2021 No fewer than 162 bags of smuggled rice have been recovered by operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Beecroft, around the offshore area in Lagos State. The Base Information Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, Sub Lieutenant Veronica Effiong, said the contraband products were recovered when operatives of the Nigerian Navy intercepted a wooden boat ferrying the 162 bags...

Chiemelie Ezeobi The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT patrol team recently intercepted and arrested a wooden boat ferrying 162 bags of contraband rice around Lagos Offshore area. According to the base, the arrest was in line with the federal government’s ban on the importation of rice To achieve this, the Nigerian Navy has continued to collaborate with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to stop the activities of smugglers who attempt to import this commodity in a bid to sabotage the nation�...

Chiemelie Ezeobi The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has handed over three suspected stowaways to the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS). The arrest of the three suspects increased the total number of stowaways arrested in the past 12 months to 97. Commander NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, who made disclosure, said the arrests were part of efforts by the Nigerian Navy to rid the nation’s maritime space of all illegalities including human trafficking. He added that the arrest was re...