Police arrest 38 suspects for arms smuggling, kidnapping, armed robbery

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday said Operatives of the Intelligence Response Unit (IRT), Special Tactical Squad (STS), Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit and the Special Forces connected to Operation Puff Adder have disassembled a four-man worldwide arms-sneaking syndicate.

An announcement from Police representative, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Frank Mba, said the group of thugs works between parts of North African, the Sahel district and West African nations, including that an aggregate of 6,000 AK47 Live ammo were recuperated from them. Commercial He clarified that the four-man syndicate involving: Ojoomo Olugbenga, Oladimeji Adeogun, Habib Musibau and Thomas Olumuyiwa were captured at Saki town, Nigeria-Benin Republic outskirt in Oyo state.

He said examination uncovers that the syndicate has practical experience in sneaking little arms, light weapons and ammo from North Africa through the Sahel locale and providing the equivalent to their criminal accomplices – hijackers, outfitted burglars, political hooligans and other criminal components – in Nigeria and other West African nations.

He likewise said another arrangement of twenty four AK47 rifles, four siphon activity weapons, eleven Dane firearms, ten English Pistols, two single barrel weapons, one lot of armed force cover uniform and twenty-two live cartridges were recuperated from other groups of hoodlums in various pieces of the nation.

He stated, "A sum of thirty-eight suspects were captured for their various jobs in different criminal activities running from abducting, equipped theft, banditry and steers stirring."