Police recover 15 firearms, arrest two suspected gun makers in Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested 2 suspected amerciable weapon makers and recovered 15 firearms during a raid connected suspected weapons accumulation and repair centres successful Okobo and Eket Local Government Areas of the state.

A station shared connected X by information analyst, Zagazola Makama said the cognition was carried retired successful the aboriginal hours of June 2, pursuing quality reports aimed astatine curbing the dispersed of tiny and airy arms crossed the state.

Police sources disclosed to Makama that the raid took spot astatine astir 3:00 a.m. and was executed by detectives attached to the Command’s Counter Violent Crime and Rescue Unit, VCRU, nether the supervision of elder constabulary officers.

According to the sources, the cognition targeted suspected amerciable firearms fabrication and repair locations successful the 2 section authorities areas.

“During the operation, officers recovered 3 English double-barrel guns, 2 English single-barrel guns, and 10 locally fabricated single-barrel guns. Also recovered were 2 robust barrels, 2 state cylinders, and 2 instrumentality boxes containing instrumentality allegedly utilized successful the fabrication and repair of firearms, arsenic good arsenic 1 unrecorded cartridge,” Makama said.

The suspects arrested successful transportation with the exhibits were identified arsenic Effiong Okon Ekpenyong, 39, of Oti Oro Village successful Okobo Local Government Area, and Godwin ...