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Nigeria jails 14 foreigners for oil smuggling

March 19, 2016 by admin News 0 comments

Lagos – A Nigerian court on Friday jailed 14 foreign sailors from Russia, Ukraine, Philippine and Japan between two and five years for unlawful dealing in petroleum products in the country.
The federal high court in Lagos found the suspects guilty of illegally transporting 1 738 tons of crude oil and some 4 500 tons of petrol, also called gasoline, in their vessel MT Anukpet Emerald.
 

http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/nigeria-jails-14-foreigners-for-oil-smuggling-20160318

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