By Godwin Ogar
The Katsina State Government has shown unwavering commitment to support security agencies in the state to arrest all criminal elements, intercept their arms supply chain, identify members of the criminal network and trace the source of their sophisticated arsenal.
The state government has, therefore, commended the exceptional vigilance and professionalism of the officers of the state Police Command and reaffirmed its commitment to providing all necessary support to security agencies in their relentless fight against criminality.
This is coming at the heels of the recent breakthrough in the fight against criminality in Katsina State where officers of the command intercepted a “massive arms cache”, arrested gun runners with GPMG, 1,295 Ammunition.
In a statement signed by the Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Mua’Azu, two suspects have been nabbed transporting deadly weapons from Jigawa to Safana.
According to the statement, “Katsina State Police Command has delivered a crushing blow to criminal networks with the interception of a sophisticated arms smuggling operation that could have wreaked havoc across the state.
“At approximately 4:35am today, officers from Ingawa Division on patrol along the Ingawa-Karkarku village route intercepted two suspected gun runners attempting to transport a deadly arsenal concealed in a blue Volkswagen Golf (Registration: RSH 528 BY ABJ).
“The suspects, identified as Abdulsalam Muhammad (25) and Aminu Mamman (23), both residents of Baure Village in Safana Local Government Area, were arrested with a cache of weapons that included one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with breach number Z8826, one thousand and sixty three (1,063) rounds of 7.62 x 39mm AK-47 ammunition, 232 rounds of 7.62 x 69mm PKT ammunition.
“Police investigations revealed the deadly cargo was being transported from Hadejia in Jigawa State to Safana LGA,” concluded Dr. Nasir Mu’azu, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Katsina State.
