Five suspects were paraded on Wednesday, November 10 after being arrested on suspicion of stealing and destroying property at the Eastern port in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Tami Peterside, the commissioner of police for the Eastern Port command CP, paraded the accused at the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) in Port Harcourt.
The suspects were believed to have been working in the port for several months before being tracked down and apprehended during a raid in the state’s Bua region.
It was revealed that the stolen items was worth N20 million.
However, the suspects denied the allegation and claimed that they were on the waters ways for totally different reasons. Also Read: Breaking News in Nigeria Today 10/11/2021
Recovered from the suspects were canoe, three gas cylinders, two spanners, rusted iron fillings and wheat.
The commissioner has said that the suspects would be prosecuted to serve as a warning to other criminals.