On Sunday, Zamfara police arrested two gunrunners who were trying to transport weapons to terrorist camps along the Anka-Gummi Highway.
According to SP Muhammad Shehu, the state’s police spokesman, the gunrunners were bringing the high-tech weapons and ammunition from Taraba.
He also mentioned that the suspects’ Toyota Corolla car had been found.
In the vehicle, there were three live Rocket Propeller Gun bullets, three bombs, 151 live rounds for AK-47 rifles, 200 live rounds for anti-aircraft guns, and different charms.
In a lengthy gunfight that lasted for hours on January 7, police tactical operatives effectively neutralised two gunrunners on Gummi-Anka Road.
“The operation was carried out in response to intelligence reports about the passage of suspects in a Toyota Corolla carrying weapons from Taraba to a terrorist camp in Zamfara.”
“Two of the suspects sustained fatal injuries, while others may have suffered bullet wounds and fled into the bush.”
Suspects who were injured were brought to Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau, where a doctor later pronounced them dead.
The agents’ on-the-spot investigation resulted in the recovery of the weapons and ammo.
Joint police and vigilante operators were also sent to the area for a thorough confidence-building patrol with the goal of catching the evading individuals, according to Shehu.
He said that Mr. Kolo Yusuf, the state’s police commissioner, gave him confidence that the police would get rid of terrorists and other criminals in Zamfara.
