{"id":58624,"date":"2022-04-28T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=58624"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:10:06","slug":"seven-gun-runners-in-police-net-in-jos-taraba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/seven-gun-runners-in-police-net-in-jos-taraba\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Gun Runners In Police Net In Jos, Taraba"},"content":{"rendered":"

…as IGP emphasizes technology-driven policing<\/p>\n

Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), in a sting operation, have arrested four notorious arm dealers and recovered 57 AK 47 rifles and a large catchment of ammunition in Jos, Plateau State and from other locations across the country.<\/p>\n

\"\"Thus is in furtherance of the IGP\u2019s recent charge to the men of the Nigeria Police Force to be dauntless in the fight against crimes and criminality in the country.<\/p>\n

The suspects, Hamza Zakari (aka Hamzo) aged 20yrs, Abubakar Muhammed (aka Fancy) aged 22yrs, Umar Ibrahim aged 25yrs and Muhammed Abdulkarim (aka Dan-Asabe) aged 37yrs, all males and residents of Jos, were arrested following a credible intelligence on their nefarious activities in Jos and its environs.<\/p>\n

The suspects, who confessed to their involvement in arms dealings and other criminal acts, have been identified as one of the major links for the supply of arms and ammunition to criminal elements terrorizing the state and some other parts of the country. The investigation team is on the trail of their accomplices and they are closing in on them.<\/p>\n

Similarly, operatives of the FIB-IRT acting on a tip-off have smashed and arrested three suspected gun runners in Ibi LGA of Taraba State.<\/p>

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They suspects, Bello Sani, Venab Puncat and Yusuf Nahoda, all of Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba, during interrogation confessed to have purchased one AK47 rifle, and one SMG rifle at the cost of N900,000 while concerted effort has been activated to arrest their collaborators and recover the exhibits.<\/p>\n

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, while commending the successes recorded by the FIB-IRT, reassured members of the public of his administration’s commitment to the fight against common enemies of the nation who are hell-bent on causing pains, tears and agony to Nigerians.<\/p>\n

He also called for continuous support for the Police and the security community, as the Nigeria Police Force under his leadership will up its game to ensure public safety, peace and security via intelligence-led, technology\u2013driven and robust community\u2013based partnership for a better security architecture in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the arrested suspects will be arraigned in court upon conclusion of investigations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), in a sting operation, have arrested four notorious arm dealers and recovered 57 AK 47 rifles and a large catchment of ammunition in Jos, Plateau State and from other locations across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[8883],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-58624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-crime","category-news","tag-gun-runners"],"yoast_head":"\nSeven Gun Runners In Police Net In Jos, Taraba - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), in a sting operation, have arrested\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/seven-gun-runners-in-police-net-in-jos-taraba\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seven Gun Runners In Police Net In Jos, Taraba - 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