Troops arrest high-profile arms trafficker linked to interstate weapons network

Troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP) person arrested a suspected high-profile arms trafficker linked to an interstate amerciable weapons network.

The apprehension followed credible quality connected the question of illicit arms crossed states arsenic troops of Sector 6, successful collaboration with Headquarters Operation ENDURING PEACE, executed a coordinated, intelligence-led cognition connected Sunday, June 14, 2026.

In a connection connected its societal media level (WhatsApp), the cognition said the suspect, travelling successful a achromatic Peugeot conveyance from Jos South towards the Makera axis successful Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, was identified, placed nether surveillance, and intercepted astatine a subject checkpoint successful Makera.

A hunt of the conveyance led to the betterment of 2 locally fabricated pistols, 167 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 3 cans of capsicum spray, a jackknife, 2 mobile phones, 2 cutlasses, a constabulary unit tag, photographs of the fishy successful constabulary uniform, 2 ATM cards, a National Identification Number (NIN) card, and currency amounting to N73,300.

Findings revealed that the suspect, Inspector Danjuma Yusuf, formerly of Nigeria Police Force Base 7, Abuja, was dismissed from work and is simply a cardinal fig successful an interstate arms-trafficking syndicate allegedly supplying weapons to transgression elements progressive successful terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and different convulsive crimes.

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