Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a suspected arms courier in Kano State, foiling an attempt to deliver weapons to a notorious bandit leader operating in Zamfara State.
The suspect was apprehended on Friday in Gezawa Local Government Area based on credible intelligence, according to an operational report released by the DSS and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday.
The courier was intercepted while transporting a cache of arms and ammunition from Maigatari Local Government Area in Jigawa State, heading to Funtua in Katsina State for onward delivery to criminal elements.
Items recovered from the suspect include three AK-47 rifles, four rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) tubes and warheads, and two empty magazines.
Preliminary investigations have linked the consignment to a suspected bandit kingpin active in parts of Zamfara State. The suspect reportedly confessed that he was contracted to move the weapons from Maigatari to Funtua and
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