The Nigerian Army says its troops, in collaboration with vigilantes, have apprehended a suspected gun runner in Taraba. The suspect, Mansir Mohammed, was arrested at Jalingo Motor Park for allegedly supplying weapons to terrorists. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen.
Onyema Nwachukwu, on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops also foiled a kidnap attempt and eliminated a terrorist during the operation. He said the arrest of Mohammed led to the nabbing of other members of his syndicate and the recovery of one Semi-Automatic Pump Action gun He said other items recovered were one locally fabricated gun, a Peugeot car, five mobile phones, and the sum of N45,000.
62mm special ammunition and a motorcycle were recovered from them. “In another development, troops responded to a distress call and successfully foiled a kidnap attempt within Zaki-Biam Town in Zaki-Biam Local Government Area of Benue. “During the intervention, troops neutralised one kidnapper in a shootout with the criminals and recovered a Beretta Pistol with four rounds of nine ammunition.
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