Troops under Operation OPEP have arrested two suspects for illegal possession of a pistol during a stop-and-search operation in Kuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.
A counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a post on X.
Makama stated that the incident occurred at about 8:30pm on April 11 while troops of Sector 6 OPEP were conducting routine checks in the area.
He said that the suspects were intercepted with one pistol loaded with four rounds of 9mm ammunition, two mobile phones, a jackknife and the sum of N1,700.
According to Makama, the suspects are currently in custody and undergoing interrogation to determine the source of the weapon and possible links to criminal networks.
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