Troops arrest seven suspects, recover weapons in Plateau

Troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested seven suspects and recovered various arms and ammunition in Plateau State.
The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, lll Division, Maj. Aliyu Danja, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Jos.
He said the suspects were arrested from communities in the Fann District of Barkin-Ladi local government area of the state.
Danja added that the arrest and recovery of weapons followed an operation conducted by troops between July 10 and June 16.
He said: “A tactical team of III Div and OPSH while conducting an operation to recover arms from a gunrunners’ hideout at Sangasa community in Fann District, was attacked in the early hours of July 10.
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“During the operation, a member of the team, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration, Christopher Agwom, was killed by the criminals.
“Following the incident, troops conducted a follow-on operation in the district to recover illegal arms and ammunition and other dangerous weapons.
”During the operations that lasted for one week, the team arrested seven suspects and recovered both automatic and locally fabricated weapons, as well as different calibres of ammunition from Ratas, Ratoso, and Sangasa communities, all in Fann district.”
The spokesman listed the weapons recovered during the operation to include six AK-47 rifles, 16 locally fabricated AK-47 rifles,15 Dane guns, five AK-47 magazines, and one AK-47 drum magazine with 75 rounds.
Others are 250 rounds of 7.62 mm (Special), two cartridges and seven motorcycles.
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