A team of Joint security operatives in Zamfara state have arrested a suspected gun runner in the state.
According to reports from Gusau, the state capital, one Rocket Propelled Grenade, (RPG), two Machine Guns, Nine AK47 riffles, two Pistons, Nineteen Magazines and nearly a thousand live ammunition recovered from a suspected gunrunner from Niger republic were presented to Governor Dauda Lawal at the Government House, Gusau.
The items were intercepted by troops of the Department of State Services, DSS in collaboration with other security agencies along Kaura Namoda road in Zamfara
The weapons were said to have been imported from Niger republic by a young man of middle age who is an indigene of Zamfara State.
The Suspect was apprehended by the DSS and brought to the government.
Reacting to the incident, the state governor, Dauda Lawal said porous border contributes to the increasing importation of firearms.
Governor Lawal commended the synergy between security agencies, which according to him led to the successes.
He said synergy one of the so many breakthroughs recorded by security agencies in the fight against banditry.
He enjoined the public to continue to support security agencies with useful information to clampdown on enemies of peace
Zamfara state is facing security challenges for nearly two decade, a sad development that has affected farming and social economic activities.
TVC News.
