DSS intercepts arms consignment smuggled from Niger Republic into Sokoto

The Department of State Services, DSS, has intercepted a consignment of weapons and ammunition allegedly smuggled into Nigeria from the Niger Republic done Sokoto State.

Security expert and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed the improvement connected X, saying the cognition took spot connected Tuesday, November 10, astatine Dawakawa successful Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The intercepted consignment comprised 21 AK-47 rifles, 4 PKT instrumentality guns, and 825 magazines. The weapons were reportedly transported connected camels done distant routes and hard terrain successful an effort to evade information surveillance.

According to the report, the cognition followed quality gathering and surveillance of suspected violent networks progressive successful arms trafficking.

The interception was portion of efforts to disrupt the question of amerciable weapons into the state and way those progressive successful supplying arms to suspected equipped groups.

Days earlier, DSS operatives arrested a suspected pistillate arms courier, Hafsat Umar, successful Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Umar was allegedly recovered with 12 grenades and 2 ammunition belts. She was suspected of sourcing ammunition for transportation to a suspected bandit leader, Saidu Marafa, successful Kani Kawa, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

A information root said Umar would beryllium charged to court.

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