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Published 17 March 2021
OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 50 suspected members of various notorious criminal gangs and networks across the country.
The arrests, which were carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II, recovered from the suspects 10 firearms, 2,496 AK47 live ammunition, 10 live cartridges, cartons of Tramadol worth over N3m, substance suspected to be Indian hemp, two laptop computers and eight mobile phones.
A statement on Tuesday by the Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, said one Danjuma Dachung, a 30-year-old native of Ryom, Plateau State and Markus Danladi, were intercepted in Kachia, Kaduna State, conveying 1,565 pieces of AK-47 ammunition in a Volkswagen Golf 3 car.
Parading the suspects at the defunct headquarters of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, lamented the free flow of weapons and illicit drugs into the country.
He stressed that the operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB), Special Tactical Squad (STS) and the Inspector-General of Police’ Intelligence Response Team, (IGP-IRT), under the Commanders of the duo of CP Abba Kyari and DCP Kolo Yusuf respectively would not relent in checking the illegalities.
Mba disclosed that a total of 10 sophisticated prohibited firearms, 2,496 AK47 live ammunition, 10 live cartridges, Cartons of Tramadol drugs worth over 3 million naira, bags of weed suspected to be Indian hemp, two laptop computers, eight mobile phones and one Golf car used for ferrying ammunition to bandits in Kastina State amongst others, were recovered from the suspects during the operations.
Banditry: Police vow to check free flow of weapons, illicit drugs in Nigeria Banditry: Police vow to check free flow of weapons, illicit drugs in Nigeria
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The Police High Command, on Tuesday, vowed to check the free flow of weapons and illicit drugs in the country in the renewed efforts to liquidate unrepentant criminals out of their illicit enterprise.
Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police, (CP) gave the assurance in Abuja while parading 50 suspects arrested for various offences ranging from kidnapping, armed banditry, unlawful possession and distribution of hard drugs, to gun-running amongst others.
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Published 16 March 2021
The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 50 suspected members of various notorious criminal gangs and networks across the country.
The arrests, which were carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II, recovered from the suspects 10 firearms, 2,496 AK47 live ammunition, 10 live cartridges, cartons of Tramadol worth over N3 million, substance suspected to be Indian hemp, two laptop computers and eight mobile phones.
A statement on Tuesday, by the Force spokesman Frank Mba, said one Danjuma Dachung, a 30-year-old native of Ryom, Plateau State and Markus Danladi, were intercepted in Kachia, Kaduna State, conveying 1,565 AK47 ammunition in a Volkswagen Golf 3 Car.