POLICE ARREST 2 SUSPECTED ARMS TRAFFICKERS, RECOVER WEAPONS IN NASARAWA.

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected arms traffickers with a large cache of high-grade firearms and ammunition. 

The command spokesman, Ramhan Nansel, revealed that the suspects, Lawal Sani and Dahiru Abdullahi, were intercepted as they were traveling through Lafia en route to Ilorin, Kwara State, from Benue.

He noted that one General Purpose Machine Gun, three AK-47 rifles, one TAB 06 rifle, and over 1,100 rounds of ammunition, were recovered from the suspects who confessed to being paid N500,000 to transport the weapons, which could have armed multiple criminal networks.

The Commissioner of Police, Shettima Jauro-Mohammed, while describing the operation as a significant message to criminal elements that Nasarawa State is not a safe corridor for crime, reaffirmed the command’s commitment to dismantling illegal arms networks and protecting innocent lives.

He also urged the public to stay alert and report suspicious activities.