Police Apprehend Woman Allegedly Supplying Guns and Drugs to Bandits

According to the Nigeria Police Force, recent coordinated tactical team operations resulted in the capture of money counterfeiters, drug traffickers, and arms smugglers.
According to reports, Olumuwiya Adejobi, the Police Public Relations Officer, made this claim in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the police spokesperson, Haruna Sani, who is accused of providing bandits with weapons, was taken into custody by members of the Force Intelligence Department-Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS).

The crew also detained Solomon Bala, Joseph Matthew, and Usman Yahaya in February for allegedly trafficking hard drugs, including codeine syrups, in Postiskum.

It stated: “On December 23, 2024, at around 5:50 PM, FID-STS agents stopped a 30-year-old woman named Hauwa Sani who lived in Doro village along the Keffi/Abuja Expressway. She was discovered hiding inside a 5-liter container of palm oil with 124 rounds of live ammo of various calibers. She admitted that she was given the assignment of delivering the ammunition to Katsina State by a Nasiru from Daura. Numerous other recoveries and arrests that are being profiled are the result of other investigations. The public is advised to exercise caution and to stay aware of these smugglers’ antics. Items that seem suspicious should be reported right away to the relevant authorities.

In a separate operation on February 1st, 2025, FID-STS agents, acting on reliable information, apprehended Solomon Bala “m,” 25, Joseph Matthew “m,” and Alhaji Usman Yahaya “m,” 50, all of whom lived in Postiskum, Yobe State. While delivering thirty cartons of codeine syrups and other hard drugs throughout Postiskum, the suspects were caught. The drugs were meant to be supplied to kidnappers, Boko Haram rebels, and bandits who terrorize Yobe State and neighboring nations, they admitted.

Additionally, on February 3, 2025, FID-STS agents captured Yusuf Dantani, age 24, Usman Labaran, age 32, and Musa Mohammed, age 23, armed with ten AK-47 weapons. After being questioned, the suspects admitted to participating in multiple gun trades and accepting N3,980,000 (three million nine hundred and eighty thousand naira) in exchange for the final shipment of weapons they were expected to exchange.

According to Adejobi, the force is still committed to bringing offenders to justice and dismantling illicit enterprises.

By giving prompt, correct information that can help with crime prevention and detection, he urged the people to continue supporting police operations.