{"id":4389,"date":"2026-01-30T11:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:28:46","slug":"police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Two Suspected Gunrunners, Recover Weapons In Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katsina State Police Command has arrested two suspected gunrunners and recovered six AK-47 magazines and 305 rounds of live 7.62mm ammunition.<br \/><br \/>The command\u2019s spokesperson, Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday.<br \/><br \/>According to him, the suspects were apprehended on January 27, 2026, at about 2:00 p.m. during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation along the Zaria\u2013Funtua Road.<br \/><br \/>He said the suspects were intercepted while riding a motorcycle, adding that a search conducted on them led to the recovery of the ammunition concealed in their possession.<br \/><br \/>\u201cUpon an immediate search, six AK-47 magazines and 305 rounds of live 7.62mm ammunition, neatly concealed, were recovered from their possession,\u201d Sadiq stated.<br \/><br \/>He explained that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly collected the arms and ammunition from Jos, Plateau State, and were transporting them to a suspected armed bandit kingpin.<br \/><br \/>Sadiq said the suspects and the recovered exhibits were currently in police custody, while investigations had commenced to unravel the network behind the arms trafficking.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe suspects will be charged to court after the conclusion of the investigation,\u201d he added.<br \/><br \/>The arrest, according to the police, followed directives by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on intensified policing to strengthen security, particularly along major highways.<br \/><br \/>Commending the operatives, the Commissioner of Police in Katsina State, Bello Shehu, urged members of the public to support the police with timely and credible information to enhance the fight against crime.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katsina State Police Command has arrested two suspected gunrunners and recovered six AK-47 magazines and 305 rounds of live 7.62mm ammunition. The command\u2019s spokesperson, Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. According to him, the suspects were apprehended on January 27, 2026, at about 2:00 p.m. during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Arrest Two Suspected Gunrunners, Recover Weapons In Katsina - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police Arrest Two Suspected Gunrunners, Recover Weapons In Katsina\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Arrest Two Suspected Gunrunners, Recover Weapons In Katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police Arrest Two Suspected Gunrunners, Recover Weapons In Katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-30T11:28:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HANDCUFF-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"546\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/30\\\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/30\\\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04afd64c43f5a53d7361fcf06efc4fe\"},\"headline\":\"Police Arrest Two Suspected Gunrunners, Recover Weapons In Katsina\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-30T11:28:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/30\\\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":242,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/30\\\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/HANDCUFF-1.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/30\\\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/30\\\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/30\\\/police-arrest-two-suspected-gunrunners-recover-weapons-in-katsina\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police Arrest Two Suspected Gunrunners, Recover Weapons In Katsina - 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