NSCDC Arrests 12 Suspected Railway Vandals, Impounds Trucks, Seals Off Warehouses In Nasarawa
The Commandant General's Special Intelligence Squad, CG's SIS, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested 12 suspected vandals, discovered and sealed two illegal warehouses with vandalised railway sleepers, and impounded two trucks conveying large quantities of stolen railway sleepers, after two weeks operations in Nasarawa State.
The Commandant General's Special Intelligence Squad, CG's SIS, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested 12 suspected vandals, discovered and sealed two illegal warehouses with vandalised railway sleepers, and impounded two trucks conveying large quantities of stolen railway sleepers, after two weeks operations in Nasarawa State.
The Director, Public Relations, NSCDC NHQ, Abuja, CC Olusola Odumosu, in a statement on Sunday, said the arrests were made during three separate operations.
He stated that the Commandant General's Special Intelligence Squad, CG's SIS, at Kafanchan- Kwoi Road, Jama'a LGA, Kaduna State and the ones Agwan-Kuje village, Kadarko area in Keana LGA of Nasarawa State with the operatives at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, Keffi- Abuja express way, made the arrests.
Odumosu explained that the operations were successful following intelligence report, adding that the first five arrests were made when suspected vandals were loading vandalized and stolen railway sleepers at a bush in Nasarawa.
"A long open body Man Diesel trailer already loaded with over 500 pieces of vandalized railway sleepers alleged to be owned by the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), was also concealed under sacks of groundnut dust.
"Retrieved from the suspects was a forged copy of the Nigeria Railway scrap delivery paper.
"In another operation at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, Keffi-Abuja express way, three suspected vandals were also arrested while conveying large quantities of vandalized railway sleepers concealed with rice chaff inside a J5 Boxer Bus." The statement reads.
Odumosu disclosed that other four suspected vandals were arrested by the CG's SIS, while loading railway sleepers into an already filled illegal warehouse in Kaduna.
He revealed that acting on a tip-off, the squad immediately swung into action and succeeded in intercepting one white long open body truck fully loaded with large quantities of vandalized rail track irons, covered with a blue trampoline.
"All the arrested suspects and the exhibits are subject to preliminary investigation by the Corps which will help to make further arrest and subsequent prosecution to reduce the rate of critical infrastructural vandalism in the affected territories.
"Citizens are advised to continually provide credible and useful information that will help in the arrest of vandals and criminals across the country.
"Likewise, citizens with criminal intent of robbing the nation of its assets are advised to desist as the Corps will not spare anyone caught in the act." The statement warned.
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