The Commissioner of Niger State Police Command, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman has announced the recovery of 15 pump action rifles from suspected gunrunners and arms dealers in the state
He stated this during a press briefing and the parade of some 23 suspected criminals at the State Police Command headquarters on Wednesday.
According to him, “On 4/8/2024 at about 1900hrs based on intelligence received, Police patrol team of Anti-Kidnapping Unit attached to SCID Minna, while on routine patrol along Maikunkele-Tegina road Minna intercepted a Toyota Corolla vehicle, red in colour with Reg. No. DKA 877 HJ.
“The vehicle was intercepted with three occupants including the driver, and in the course of interrogation, surprisingly on the guise to ease themselves, the occupants took to their heels and upon the search of the vehicle, fifteen (15) automatic pump action rifles were found with thirty (30) cartridges concealed in a sack in the vehicle.”
Danmamman, however, assured that concerted effort was ongoing through investigative process to track the owner of the said vehicle and arrest the fleeing culprits towards unraveling the source and purpose of the pump action rifles, adding that if the fleeing suspects were found and arrested in conjunction with the owner of the vehicle, that the culprits would be arraigned in court and charged for prosecution.
He said that the case was still under investigation in the State Criminals Investigations Department (SCID) Minna.
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