Police uncover gun factory in Yobe, arrest 7 suspects

Operatives of the Yobe State Police Command person uncovered an amerciable firearms fabrication tract successful Potiskum and arrested 7 suspects.

This is contained successful a connection by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, on Wednesday in Damaturu, the authorities capital.

Abdulkarim said operatives of the Potiskum Area Command, successful collaboration with the Divisional Police Headquarters, carried retired a coordinated raid pursuing credible intelligence. 

He stated that constabulary operatives mobilised to a blacksmith store located astatine Tasha Adua on Danchuwa Road, Potiskum.

According to him, during the operation, 7 suspects were arrested, 2 fabricated pistols were recovered, twenty-four muzzle pipes, 9 weapon butts, 4 unserviceable Dane guns, 1 filing instrumentality and 1 crisp cutlass.

“The suspects are presently undergoing thorough probe with a presumption to identifying their collaborators, imaginable buyers, and the intended usage of the fabricated firearms,” helium said.

Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Usman Jibrin, has...