Algerian arrested for arms trafficking in Zamfara

A 58-year-old Algerian national, has been arrested by officials of the Zamfara State Police Command for alleged transborder arms trafficking.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Dalijan, during a briefing in Gusau on Tuesday.

He noted that the suspect was apprehended as part of ongoing operations to combat arms smuggling and illegal weapon distribution in the region.

He stated that the suspect confessed to have been supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in all parts of the northwestern states, for the past eight years.

The commissioner emphasized the command’s commitment to curbing the proliferation of illegal arms and urged residents to cooperate with security agencies by providing timely information, citing the case of the Algerian arrested for arms trafficking.

He stated, ”The command, acting on intelligence, traced and arrested an arms manufacturer in Jos and tracked and arrested a regional arms trafficker from Algeria at the Illela border point

”The suspected Algerian told the police he had been committing this crime for eight years.

”The suspect supplies arms and ammunition to bandits in all parts of the northwestern states.

“At the point of the arrest, four AK47s were recovered from him.