In another significant breakthrough, troops of Operation Forest Sanity have intercepted a large quantity of ammunition being conveyed to bandits by a courier around Polewire in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
This was contained in a statement issued by the commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan on Thursday.
The statement said that credible intelligence information about gunrunning activities was forwarded to the state government and in the course of diligent checks a suspicious-looking vehicle was stopped within the location of interest.
“A search of the intercepted vehicle – a black Toyota Corolla – revealed more than 2,000 rounds of various grades of ammunition, concealed in different parts of the car.
“After a thorough search of the vehicle, the following precise quantities were recovered, 1,079 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition,886 rounds of 7.62mm belted ammunition,139 rounds of 7.62mm tracer ammunition.
In addition, five empty AK-47 magazines were also recovered.
The statement noted that the driver of the vehicle, Aminu Abdullahi, is in custody for further investigation.
“Governor Nasir El-Rufai who express his delight thanked the troops for their proactiveness in denying bandits a major supply of ammunition meant to mete out more destruction and suffering.
“The Governor charged the security forces to proceed with a thorough investigation of the arrested suspect and intensify efforts towards dismantling gunrunning networks across the State and beyond.
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