Police discover illegal arms factory in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command says it has discovered illegal arms factory in the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Shehu, who disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Kaduna, said his men also arrested the arms’ manufacturers in their residence at Kogun village, after a tip-off.

Police Inspector General, Solomon Arase

Shehu identified the suspects as Bulus Kinze and James Kinze.

According to him, many weapons and other items for manufacturing of arms were recovered from them.

The CP said the premises where the two suspects were picked up also served as the base where they supplied weapons to bandits.

The police chief listed the items recovered from the suspects to include two locally made AK-47 rifles, one locally made SMG rifle and its magazine, two locally made pistols, two police coloured AK-47 magazines, 20 live 0.36 special revolver ammunition, and three live 7.62mm long.

Other items, according him, are 11 live 7.36mm short, AK-47 ammunition, three live cartridges, one live 5.56mm,T.6 ammunition, 14 empty shells of 7.62mm short AK-47 ammunition, and 17 empty shells of 0.36 special revolver pistol’s ammunition.

Also recovered were one expanded cartridges, some parts of locally-made AK-47 rifle and parts of other rifles, one drilling machine use for rifles, one driller, some instrument for fabrication of rifles and some assorted charms.

The command also arrested some suspected armed robbers at Dangwa village and recovered one AK-47 rifle and other weapons from them.

Meanwhile, the police chief said his men apprehended the ringleader of the armed gang, Umar Usman, alias Zidane, who had been terrorising the people of the state.

He said Usman had led many robbery operations in Kaduna, Abuja, Kogi and Zamfara states, adding that upon investigations, no fewer than 13 of his gang members were arrested at different hide outs.

Police discover illegal arms factory in Kaduna