Police Intercept 4,264 Ammunition, 38 Rifles In Nasarawa

Nasarawa State Police Command has recovered 38 rifles and 4,264 ammunition successful abstracted operations successful its relentless combat against transgression elements successful the state.

One of the cardinal breakthroughs was the interception of ample cache of firearms and ammunition successful the wood bordering Kadarako successful Keana section authorities country of the state.

The consignments, which see 9 rifles of antithetic grades and marque arsenic good arsenic 4,264 ammunition, were said to person been brought successful from neighbouring Benue State for onward organisation to transgression partners.

Addressing journalists connected the improvement and different breakthroughs successful the relentless combat against transgression elements successful the state, the Commissioner of Police, Shettima Mohammed Jauro, said helium personally led the onslaught to intercept the arms cache pursuing credible quality connected September 7 that immoderate criminals were sighted successful the wood linking Nasarawa and Benue offloading the consignments.
He said connected sighting the advancing squad of operatives, the suspects abandoned the consignments and fled heavy into the forest.

He gave the breakdown of arms and ammunition recovered from the fleeing suspects to see 4 AK-49, 3 AK-47, and 1 G3 rifles arsenic good arsenic 1 instrumentality weapon respectively.

Also recovered, helium explained, were 11 magazines, 4,046 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition; 132 rounds of 38mm ammunition; and 75 cartridges.

The commissioner of constabulary besides disclosed different important breakthrough involving the apprehension of weapon manufacturers and buyers of the products by the operatives of E’ Division Shabu successful Lafia section authorities country of the authorities connected August 31.

He gave the names of the manufacturers to see James Philip and Alpha Philip, some males of Faferuwa area, Lafia LGA, portion the arrested buyers were Usman Abubakar of Shendam Road, Lafia; Yakubu Danladi, Mararaba Akunza, Lafia; Usman Kasimu alias Bobo, Bukan Sidi, Lafia; and Abdullahi Adamu, Bukan Sidi, Lafia respectively.

Items recovered during the operation, according to him, see 13 long-range single-barrel guns; 10 shotguns; and 1 revolver gun. Other items were swords, gun-manufacturing machines, constabulary uniforms and charms.

He besides revealed that an Abuja-based gunrunner, 1 John Paul, was arrested astatine a centrifugal parkland on Akwanga-Wamba with 5 locally made rifles connected September 6, noting that efforts are connected to nab his collaborators.