The Police in Kaduna have arrested owners of illegal arms factories in Southern part of Kaduna State.
The suspected arms factories owners were paraded before journalists at the Headquarters of Kaduna State Police Command on Wednesday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Shehu Usman, said the suspects specialised in illegal producers of arms and ammunition as well as suppliers of weapons to criminal gangs terrorising the state.
The police chief explained that detectives attached to area commander Kafanchan based on an intelligence report arrested the suspects in Kaura and Zangon Kataf council areas of the state.
According to him, during the raid, 37 locally made pistols, 11 revolver pistols and 34 single barrel guns were among dangerous weapons found in their possession.
The commissioner said, “The suspects in their various arms manufacturing factories in Southern Kaduna area, manufactured and supplied arms and ammunition to criminal elements operating there.
“The suspects are one Isah Yahaya, Zamari Peter, Baye Tswan all of Mabushi in Kaura Local Government Area and Felix Paul of Samaru in Zangon Kataf.
“Items recovered from them include four manual hand drilling machines, six electric drilling machines, three gas cylinders, three bench vice, two dane guns, one 7.62mm ammunition, three 5.56mm ammunition, two tiger generators, a box containing different parts of locally made pistols and rifles and a tool box for the fabrication of rifle parts.”
Meanwhile, also nabbed and paraded is one Mrs. Moji Olangunjo, who specialises in printing fake identity cards and documents of different organisations.
The commissioner said when search was carried out in her residence, nine fake police identification cards, seven fake military identification cards as well as fake driving licences were recovered.
“When a search was conducted in her business centre, fake identity cards were recovered, nine fake police ID cards, seven fake military identity cards, 10 fake driving licences and 19 other different Identity cards,”.
The suspected arms factories owners were paraded before journalists at the Headquarters of Kaduna State Police Command on Wednesday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Shehu Usman, said the suspects specialised in illegal producers of arms and ammunition as well as suppliers of weapons to criminal gangs terrorising the state.
The police chief explained that detectives attached to area commander Kafanchan based on an intelligence report arrested the suspects in Kaura and Zangon Kataf council areas of the state.
According to him, during the raid, 37 locally made pistols, 11 revolver pistols and 34 single barrel guns were among dangerous weapons found in their possession.
The commissioner said, “The suspects in their various arms manufacturing factories in Southern Kaduna area, manufactured and supplied arms and ammunition to criminal elements operating there.
“The suspects are one Isah Yahaya, Zamari Peter, Baye Tswan all of Mabushi in Kaura Local Government Area and Felix Paul of Samaru in Zangon Kataf.
“Items recovered from them include four manual hand drilling machines, six electric drilling machines, three gas cylinders, three bench vice, two dane guns, one 7.62mm ammunition, three 5.56mm ammunition, two tiger generators, a box containing different parts of locally made pistols and rifles and a tool box for the fabrication of rifle parts.”
Meanwhile, also nabbed and paraded is one Mrs. Moji Olangunjo, who specialises in printing fake identity cards and documents of different organisations.
The commissioner said when search was carried out in her residence, nine fake police identification cards, seven fake military identification cards as well as fake driving licences were recovered.
“When a search was conducted in her business centre, fake identity cards were recovered, nine fake police ID cards, seven fake military identity cards, 10 fake driving licences and 19 other different Identity cards,”.
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