NDLEA Intercepts Bandits With AK-47 Rifles, 78 Rounds of Live Ammunition
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested here armed bandits on an alleged mission Katsina State.
The suspects: Adamu Shehu, Tukur Mohammed, and Ibrahim Suleiman were reportedly in possession of three AK-47 rifles and other dangerous items.
The NDLEA officials also arrested an alleged manufacturer of heavy weapons, Celestine Chidiebere Christian, with a high calibre G3 rifle, seventy-eight (78) rounds of life ammunition (RLA) of 7.62mm calibre, and five empty shells.
The suspect was arrested in Benue while trying to move the heavy weapon and ammunition to Jos, Plateau State.
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The arrests and seizures were made at the NDLEA checkpoints in the two states where narcotic officers st...