The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ondo State says it has apprehended three persons over alleged illegal mining, and armoured cable theft in the state.
NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Daniel Aidamenbor, disclosed this in a statement in Akure on Wednesday.
Aidamenbor said that two of the suspects were apprehended on Aug. 13 over illegal mining activities in the Oke-Igbo, Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo areas of the state.
He said that the suspects, Modashiru Nasiru, 18, and Hassan Yaya, 19, were indulging in unlicensed mining activities.
In the same vein, Aidamenbor disclosed that another suspect, Aloa Segun, 40, was apprehended over armoured cable theft, stressing that during the investigation, armoured cables, recline cables and a generator, all valued at N3.3m were recovered from the suspect.
He said that the suspects would be prosecuted as soon as investigations were concluded.
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