The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested four suspected arms couriers and recovered 979 rounds of ammunition in Nasarawa State.
A statement by Governor Abdullahi Sule’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra, identified the suspects as Aisha Mohammed, Hassan Sani, Abdulkadir Idrissa and Salihu Garba.
Twenty-three-year-old Aisha Mohammed was arrested in Keffi, where operatives reportedly recovered 202 rounds of 7.62-millimetre ammunition and three empty magazines.
The other suspects are Hassan Sani, forty; Abdulkadir Idrissa, forty-one; and Salihu Garba, seventy, also known as Nabayi.
According to the statement, operatives recovered 678 rounds of 7.62-millimetre ammunition and 99 rounds of 7.5-millimetre ammunition from the three men.
In a separate operation in August, the DSS arrested Ismail Lawalli along the Keffi–Abuja highway, allegedly recovering 1,262 assorted rounds of ammunition.
Governor Abdullahi Sule pledged continued support for security agencies tackling arms trafficking.
He also urged residents to provide information to help security agencies protect lives and property.
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