TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED TERRORISTS/GUNRUNNERS IN KADUNA

Acting on credible intelligence while on fighting patrol, the gallant troops of 37 Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Demonstration Battalion intercepted and arrested 3 suspected gunrunners along Kauya – Old Afaka – Sabon Birni Road area in Igabi LGA of Kaduna State on Thursday.

The suspects namely; Yakubu Jilbril, 45, Abubakar Yahaya, 45 and Isiya Sani, 30, driving in black Golf 4 Car with registration number Abuja YAB 385 K7 were arrested with a large cache of arms and ammunition suspected to be meant for criminals in the bush.

Items found in their possession include; quantity 9 x AK 47 rifles, 389 x 7.62mm (special) live rounds, quantity 54 rounds of 5.56 x 45mm (NATO) ammunirion, 17 magazines, 4 GSM handsets, one magazine carrier, one machete, some charms, one MTN wifi modem, suspected illicit substances, tyre cold patch materials as well as cash sum of Three Hundred and Sixty Five Thousand, Sixty Hundred Naira (N365,600) among others.

The suspects are presently under custody for further interrogation and investigation.