The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested two suspected arms traffickers with a large cache of high-grade firearms and ammunition in the state.
The Command’s Police spokesperson, SP Ramhan Nansel, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia.
Nansel gave the names of the suspects as Lawal Sani, a 40 -year-old commercial bus driver from Makwalla Area, Funtua Local Government Area, Katsina State, and Dahiru Abdullahi, 75, a cattle trader operating in Keffi Cattle Market and from Angwan Dosa, Kaduna North LGA, Kaduna State.
He said one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), three AK-47 rifles, one TAB 06 rifle, 1,096 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammunition, 20 rounds of 7.62mm NATO caliber ammunition, four empty magazines, and one Toyota Hiace bus, grey in color with registration number AAA 926 XL. were recovered from the suspects
The Command’s spokesperson said the duo had confessed to having been paid N500,000 to transport the weapons from Benue to Kwara State, adding that the suspects have been taken into custody, and investigation was ongoing to uncover the network behind the operation.
