A police chief armourer and two gun runners
have been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command during an alleged
attempt to steal firearms from the command’s armoury, Channels reports.
Parading the arrested persons at the command’s headquarters in Kaduna on Monday, the State Commissioner of
Police, Umar Shehu, said that at about 11:30pm local time on October
20, the Command’s chief armourer, Nanbol Audu, a deputy superintendent
of police, came to the armoury with two unknown persons in a private
vehicle to steal arms and ammunition.
The car was discreetly parked behind the armoury as the officer and the two other suspects loaded arms into it.
The commissioner said police officers on guard suspected foul play and
immediately stopped the vehicle from leaving the premises while both
chief armourer and his two accomplices were arrested.
Mr Shehu further explained that the two suspects came from Jos, Plateau
State, on arrangement to purchase the said firearms from the armament
officer.
Further investigation revealed that one of the two civilian suspects is a
blacksmith who specialises in manufacturing locally made firearms and a
cash sum of 400,000 Naira were recovered from the suspects.
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