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Police Arrest Major Arms Dealer, 1246 Suspects, Recover Ammunitions

by Richard Anyebe

The Nigeria Police Force says it has recorded some significant achievements in the fight against various degrees of crimes across the country.

This includes the arrest of 371 armed robbery suspects, 186 kidnapping suspects, 242 Murder/homicide suspects, 63 suspects connected with the unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, 217 rape suspects, 167 suspected cultists and recovery of 210 various firearms, 3172 ammunition of various calibers.

According to a statement issued by the Force Spokesman ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday evening, these achievements were recorded since October 1st, 2024.

ACP Adejobi said the police were also able to recover 118 stolen vehicles and rescue 64 victims of kidnapping across the country.

He added that police operatives made an outstanding breakthrough in the fight against several types of violent crimes across the country, one of which is the arrest of a major arms dealer operating in Plateau State.

The police spokesman who gave the name of the suspect as Jubril Musa said he was arrested with 2 rounds of  7.62mm live ammunition (long), 1 Makarov pistol, 1 fabricated bronny pistol, a single round of 7.8mm live ammunition, 2 rounds of g3 live ammunition, 4 rounds of 7.6mm live ammunition (short), and a single round of 9mm live ammunition.

The statement further added that the suspect further confessed to supplying these various arms and ammunition to bandits and kidnappers operating in the state.

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