Troops storm illegal arms factory, arrest two suspects in Kebbi

Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, person dismantled an amerciable arms manufacturing syndicate and recovered 5 locally fabricated rifles during an intelligence-led cognition successful Kebbi State.

The Media Information Officer of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lt-Col Aliyu Danja, disclosed this successful a connection connected Thursday, stating that the troops acted connected credible quality to dismantle the amerciable arms network.

Danja the cognition targeted a secluded compound allegedly being utilized by the syndicate to manufacture and proviso locally made firearms to violent and bandit groups operating crossed the North-West.

According to him, acting connected credible intelligence, the troops raided the hideout and conducted a thorough hunt of the premises, starring to the betterment of 5 locally fabricated AK-47-style rifles.

He added that 2 suspected members of the syndicate, believed to beryllium progressive successful the accumulation and organisation of the illicit weapons, were arrested during the operation.

The Operation FANSAN YAMMA’s spokesperson noted that the raid was carried retired successful collaboration with different information agencies, highlighting the increasing inter-agency practice successful ongoing counter-terrorism and anti-banditry operations successful the region.

“The cognition was a important stroke to transgression networks supplying locally fabricated weapons to equipped groups, noting that efforts to ...