LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The troops of 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army (NA) operating in 81 Division Area have busted an international ammunition smuggling syndicate transporting a truckload of smuggled ammunition to Anambra State.
According to a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the troops, who acted on actionable Intelligence, conducted a meticulous and rigorous Stop and Search operation along Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa North LGA of Ogun State.
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He said the development followed an actionable intelligence made available to the troops.
According to the spokesperson, the truck was loaded “with 720 packets of Red Star Cartridges of 12 Calibre, containing 25 cartridges per packet, totalling 18, 000 cartridges and an additional 250 packets of live (black) cartridges containing 10 packets each, totalling 2500 cartridges of the same calibre.
“The suspects, identified as Eric Seworvor, a Ghanaian national, and the driver, Mr Lukman Sani, have been taken into custody and are helping with ongoing investigations”.
He said the preliminary investigation has revealed that the weapons were smuggled from Mali via Idiroko International Border.