A 32-year-old Gunrunner, Nuhu Aminu, from Katsina State has been arrested by men of the FCT Police Command at the Nyanya bus terminal in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday evening.
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer FCT Command Josephine Adeh said the suspect was caught in possession of 488 AK-47 live rounds of ammunition, concealed in two 25-litre Jerry cans filled with palm oil to evade detection.
The officer said the arrest was successful through the synergy with officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), who alerted police operatives from the Nyanya Division, FCT Command to track and arrest the suspect.
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The statement said Upon interrogation, Aminu confessed that he was recruited by one Yakubu Kachalla of Funtua, Katsina State, who allegedly paid him ₦100,000 to collect the illegal cargo from an unidentified contact in Nasarawa State and deliver it to Katsina.
The FCT Police Command said it will not relent in its efforts to dismantle criminal networks and prevent the proliferation of illegal arms that fuel violent crimes in the FCT.
The suspect is in custody, while investigations are ongoing to apprehend his accomplices and uncover the full extent of the arms-smuggling operation.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
