The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Friday.
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The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Captain Mohammed Abu, told newsmen in Ibaka on Wednesday that the base also impounded 408 drums of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil from the suspects.
It also impounded 61 bags of smuggled rice and seized the boat used in smuggling the rice along Mbo river.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the Armed Forces between January 7, 2021 and January 13, 2021 on Thursday in Abuja.