Police detain alleged Algerian arms dealer, others in Zamfara

A 58-year-old Algerian national has been arrested by the police in Zamfara state for alleged transborder arms trafficking. The Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Dalijan, disclosed this in Gusau on Tuesday, Nov. 19. He said the police recovered 16 AK-47 riffles, during various raids within the last three weeks. He said the command also recovered one double barrel and one locally made Pistol from a suspected arms manufacturer based in Jos, Plateau.  The command, acting on intelligence traced and arrested an arms manufacturer in Jos, tracked and arested a regional arms trafficker from Algeria at the Illela border point. The suspected Algerian, told the police he has been committing this crime for eight years. The suspect supplies arms and ammunition to bandits in all parts of north west states. At the point of the arrest, four AK47 were recovered from him, he said.  Dalijan said the police also detained some suspects including bandits motorcycle suppliers. The police recovered live ammunition and N2. 5 million cash, among others from the suspects, he said.The post Police detain alleged Algerian arms dealer, others in Zamfara appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.