Police dismantle illegal firearm factories in Benue, arrest suspected gunrunners

The Benue State Police Command says it has dismantled 2 amerciable firearm manufacturing factories successful Buruku and Kwande section authorities areas of the authorities and arrested suspected gunrunners successful abstracted operations aimed astatine curbing the proliferation of illicit weapons.

The Commissioner of Police, Cletus Nwadiobu, disclosed this portion briefing journalists connected Friday successful Makurdi connected the command’s caller operational successes against convulsive crimes crossed the state.

Nwadiobu said constabulary operatives raided an amerciable firearm manufacturing installation successful Buruku Local Government Area, wherever 1 fishy was arrested and 2 locally fabricated AK-47 rifles, on with firearm manufacturing tools and accessories, were recovered.

He said different cognition successful Adikpo, Kwande Local Government Area, led to the apprehension of a 2nd fishy and the betterment of 5 locally fabricated English pistols.

According to the constabulary commissioner, the suspects are successful custody and volition beryllium arraigned successful tribunal upon the decision of investigations.

In different operation, Nwadiobu said the bid dismantled a suspected equipped robbery pack linked to a bid of convulsive crimes successful Buruku L...