NDLEA Nabs Woman with 196 AK-47 Ammunition, Busts Illegal Arms Factory, Seizes Drugs in Kaduna
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a woman conveying 196 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition, uncovered an illegal firearms fabrication factory and seized large quantities of illicit drugs in a series of operations across Kaduna State.
The operations also led to the arrest of five suspects, including a 45-year-old man allegedly operating the firearms fabrication factory, while various locally made weapons, ammunition and drug consignments were recovered.
According to Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, in a statement made available to TheLensNG, operatives raided a factory at Sabon Garin Kangin, Kaduna State, on Monday, November 9, where they arrested 45-year-old Sagiru Musa.
Items recovered from the facility included 17 locally made Dane guns, two pistols, 25 Dane gun pipes and other materials used in the manufacture of firearms.
In another operation, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway intercepted a 31-year-old woman, Tabara Dauda, at Jere on Friday, November 13, with 196 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition and N675,000 in cash.
Similarly, operatives arrested a 30-year-old man, Samson Chibuike Andebe, at Grace Land, Sabon Gari Local Government Area, on Wednesday, November 11, with 3,840 tablets of tramadol 225mg weighing 2.5 kilogrammes.
In a separate operation on Saturday, November 14, NDLEA operatives raided a hideout in the Gonin-Gora area of Kaduna, where they recovered 499.3 kilogrammes of skunk and arrested two suspects, Celestine Chime, 34, and Chibueze Christ, 36.
