DSS intercepts arms shipment bound for bandit kingpin

Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, person arrested a suspected arms courier successful Kano State allegedly transporting weapons intended for transportation to a notorious bandit person operating successful Zamfara.

An operational study made disposable to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, successful Abuja connected Saturday, said the fishy was apprehended on Friday in Gezawa Local Government Area pursuing actionable intelligence.

According to the report, the fishy was intercepted portion moving a cache of arms and ammunition from Maigatari Local Government Area of Jigawa to Funtua successful Katsina State for onward transportation to transgression elements.

“Items recovered from the fishy see 3 AK-47 rifles, 4 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) tubes and warheads, arsenic good arsenic 2 bare magazines.”

The study said preliminary investigations linked the consignment to a suspected bandit kingpin believed to beryllium operating successful parts of Zamfara.

“The fishy confessed that helium was contracted to transport the weapons from Maigatari to Funtua and was promised a outgo of N450,000 upon palmy delivery.

“Investigations are ongoing to unravel the web down the arms question and place different collaborators progressive successful the operation,” the study said.

The study described the apprehension arsenic a large breakthrough successful ongoing efforts to disrupt the proviso of arms and ammunition to transgression groups re...