NDLEA arrests three bandits, G3 rifle manufacturer in Katsina, Benue

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested three bandits and recovered from them three AK 47 rifles, among other dangerous items.

Director, Media & Advocacy at the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said a heavy weapon manufacturer, Celestine Chidiebere Christian, was also arrested with a high calibre G3 rifle along with 78 rounds of life ammunition of 7.62mm calibre and five empty shells of same in Benue while trying to move the heavy weapon and ammunition to Jos, Plateau State.

The arrests and seizures were made at the NDLEA checkpoints in the two states while the officers were on stop-and-search mission for illicit drugs.

Speaking when the Benue State command was handing over the high calibre G3 rifle and the suspect to the agency in Abuja on Thursday Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) noted that the agency would continue to support efforts by other security agencies especially the armed forces to restore law and order across the country.

He said, “For us at the NDLEA, we will continue to do our best with our highly dedicated officers and men to cut off accessibility to illicit drugs by criminal gangs by blocking the trafficking of these psychoactive and psychotropic substances. In doing this, we will not shy away from complementing the efforts of other security agencies, especially our armed forces, in our collective bid to restore security and maintain law and order in all parts of the country.”