Nigerian Navy has raided a suspected sea pirates’ hideout and recovered weapons in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The director of information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan said the raid is part of efforts to confiscate illegal weapons before, during and after the off cycle gubernatorial election.
He said the raid was carried out on Friday last week at 2am.
“The base, acting on credible information, swiftly deployed her anti-sea robbery patrol team from one of its Naval Security Stations, which is at Foropa community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Accordingly, on sighting the Nigerian Navy Patrol team gunboats the suspected sea robbers fled into the bushes.
“During the raid in Southern Ijaw, NNS SOROH special anti-sea robbery team further cordoned and searched the area and recovered one general-purpose machine gun with 100 links, 2 x AK-47 rifles, one locally-made long gun, 2 x Tavor magazines, 11 rounds of 7.62 (NATO), 2 x cartridge rounds of pump-action gun.
“Additionally, other recovered items include 2 x 200HP Yamaha Engine, 5 x Baofeng Radio, a Small Techno Android phone, one GPS phone, and 3x small techno phones as well as assorted camouflage uniforms. The camp was subsequently deactivated to deny the criminals any shelter within the vicinity.”
“The Service will continue to cooperate with stakeholders to achieve a peaceful Maritime environment critical for legitimate business by law abiding citizens towards the national economic development and prosperity,”
