He said thorough investigations would be carried out to ascertain the level of involvement of each suspect in offences charged after which diligent prosecution would be carried out in the Court of competent jurisdiction.
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Also, the corps said a man identified as Daniel Mathew, was arrested for luring a 15-year-old girl to a hotel in Port Harcourt, where he allegedly tried to defile her.
The arrests were made possible through credible intelligence and the efforts of the patrol team of the NSCDC Sold Minerals Unit, the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel, and the Ministerial Task Force on illegal mining.
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