 Military personnel have destroyed 36 illegal refining sites and arrested 22 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta. The defense headquarter spokesperson Major General Edward Bouba confirmed this on Thursday in Abuja while issuing an update on the operations of the armed forces at a bi-weekly news briefing. Bouba said that the troops of Operation Delta Safe carried out the successful raid in the last two weeks. He stated that the troops also destroyed 61 dog-out pits, 32 wooden boats, 87 storage tanks, three vehicles, 126 cooking ovens, three outboard engines, one speedboat, two motorcycles, one generator, and two pumping machines. According to him, they also recovered 310,700 litres of crude oil, 14,675 litres of automotive gas oil, 49,000 litres of dual-purpose kerosene, one weapon, and three ammunition. The military neutralized 36 terrorists, arrested 137 gunmen, three gun owners, two kidnappers, six collaborators, 15 perpetrators of oil theft, and recovered 3 million lira in the process. We have also rescued more than 140 kidnapped hostages. The armed forces of Operation Harding Cay conducted offensive operations in Konduga and Burma local government areas of Buenos Aires. Extinct operation was also conducted within Meduguri Metropolis. The air comrades conducted a tradition in the local government area of the state. These operations resulted in neutralized terrorists, rescued hostages, and the arrests of terrorist collaborators.