Troops arrest six suspected illegal miners, seize 5,000 bags of ilmenite sand in Bayelsa
Troops of the Joint Task Force South South, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), have arrested six suspected illegal miners and intercepted a large wooden boat conveying about 5,000 bags of illegally mined ilmenite sand in Bayelsa State. The suspects were apprehended at about 4:45 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2026, when troops of 343 Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion…