The Kaduna Shape Police Command has arrested a infamous gunrunner and recovered 20 in the neighborhood fabricated AK-47 rifles.
The suspect, Bitrus Gyang, from Barkin Ladi, Plateau Shape, was once apprehended on September 19, 2024, at Buruku Bridge throughout a regimen patrol by means of officials from the Buruku Section.
Consistent with Police Nation Members of the family Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, in Kaduna on Friday, the rifles and an unfilled Kind 06 booklet had been unrevealed within the boot of a dark Golfing III saloon automobile.
He stated Gyang confessed to being a gun runner and observable he had transported fabricated rifles on a minimum of 3 earlier events.
Consistent with Hassan, the suspect is cooperating with the police, and efforts are underway to trace unwell his accomplices.
He quoted the Commissioner of Police, Audu Dabigi, to have counseled the officials for his or her willpower to responsibility.
“Kidnappers and bandits will continue to have no breathing space throughout the state,” he confident.
The police spokesman stated, “On September 19, 2024, at about 1600 hours, officials from Buruku Section, hour accomplishing a regimen patrol at Buruku Bridge, intercepted a dark Golfing III saloon automobile.
“Upon an intensive seek of the automobile, the officials found out twenty (20) in the neighborhood fabricated AK-47 rifles and an unfilled Kind 06 booklet unrevealed within the automobile’s boot. The suspect was once recognized as Bitrus Gyang, a male from Barkin Ladi, Plateau Shape.
“Right through interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a gunrunner and observable that he had transported fabricated rifles on a minimum of 3 earlier events.
“The suspect is lately cooperating with the police, and efforts are underway to trace unwell his alternative accomplices.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Audu Ali Dabigi psc, counseled the officials for his or her efforts and willpower to responsibility. He additionally confident the nation that kidnappers and bandits would proceed to haven’t any respiring territory all through the order.
On Tuesday, the Nigeria Police Drive stated it dismantled a infamous gunrunning syndicate and arrested over 2,700 suspects in reference to numerous legal actions throughout the presen while.