Aegean-Horizon

Seventeen ships laden with tens of millions of barrels of crude oil suspected to have been stolen were arrested by the navy. The ships were intercepted by the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Thunder and seven other naval vessels during a joint military fleet evaluation exercise named Exercise Farauta (hunting) near Bonny and Bonga oil platforms, Rivers and Delta states. A total of eight war ships including Thunder, six gun boats, one maritime patrol aircraft and over 400 personnel participated in the exercise in Gulf of Guinea between November 11 and 17. Some of the suspected vessels being interrogated are MT Garroch, MT Energy, MV Gulf Sisan Laden while MT Androussa and MT Aegean Horizon were detained for further investigations.