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Three persons, including a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, and a corporal, Abu Haruna, Solomon, respectively have been arrested for illegal trafficking of arms and ammunition.
The suspects were heading to the North from Imo State, were intercepted in #Nsukka by officers and men of the Nigerian Army while traveling in a bus.
photo credit: Daily Post
40 AK47 magazines, 4 boxes of AK47 live ammunition, 100 pieces of live cartridges, one piece of Denin Mopol khaki and charms concealed in a cap were recovered from the men.
According to Daily Post, their confession showed alleged involvement in supplying of arms to insurgents in the Northern Nigeria.
One of the army officers said a police corporal serving in Imo State Police Command was also involved in the arms running.
“When we asked the occupants of the vehicle to come down, we discovered a police corporal in uniform among them. The corporal on getting down pretended to be pressed; he later ran away”, he said.
According to reports, the suspects were taken to Nsukka Police Division before their transfer to the state CID.
The retired DSP, Abu Haruna, confessed that he had been in the business of arms dealing since he retired from the police.
He said their mission was to supply the ammunition to thier buyer in Taraba state.
Photo credit: Daily Post
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