Two suspects were apprehended by Operation ENDURING PEACE troops during a raid on a covert arms manufacturing facility in Gwandanu Village, Langtang North Local Government Area, Plateau State, while they were making sophisticated firearms.
In a statement, Captain Chinonso Polycarp Oteh, Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force, Operation ENDURING PEACE, stated that troops found a sizable cache of weapons and industrial equipment used in the manufacture of illicit weapons during the precise tactical raid.
Along with a variety of manufacturing tools, including two generating sets, a welding machine, a drilling machine, a hand filler, and an extensive technical toolbox, two AK-47 rifles and one G3 rifle were found
In a related incident, soldiers stationed at Gidan Waya in Kaduna State’s Jema’a Local Government Area responded to an armed assault on Nigerian Forest Guards and Vigilante Group members. The
The suspected criminals abandoned their motorcycle and fled into the bush when they saw the approaching troops near Ungwar Maruwa. The troops, working with the Forest Guards, pursued the attacker towards the Jaginde Forest axis. However, one of the escaping suspects was apprehended by the troops.
A motorcycle, a sleeping mat, an AK-47 rifle, and one AK-49 rifle were among the items found.
In order to ascertain the scope of their distribution network and any possible connections to larger criminal syndicates, the detained suspects are presently being investigated.
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