The operatives were drafted from the Tactical Squad, the Anti-Vandal Unit, the Agro-Rangers, Counter Terrorism Unit, and the Rapid Respond Unit.
The Kogi Government on Friday buried the carcasses of some of the 20 poisoned cows discovered on Wednesday in Lokoja.
The communities have resisted the policy, arguing that it was a backroom effort by the Buhari administration to expropriate their ancestral lands to violent marauders.
The NSCDC chief advised that officers should rather educate citizens that they are acting within the ambit of the law, rather than confronting them.
NSCDC said several filling stations in Gombe were selling petrol at higher prices and short-changing the people.
The 14 suspects were arrested on March 10 and 14, in Itu and Onna local government areas of the state.
The corps said the activities of illegal petrol marketers had further created artificial fuel scarcity.
The alleged vandals, aged between 32 and 66 years, were caught transporting vandalised crude oil pipes at Evurode.
“All the nine arrested carriers are Ghanaians and they used two big boats to convey the illegal substances from Ghana.”
A detachment of police tactical squad and military personnel have been deployed to track the gunmen.
