Police Nab Suspects Who Supplies Ammunition to Bandits

Suspects identified as 30-year-old man, Danjuma Dachung and Markus Danladi have been nabbed by Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad attached to the Operation Puff Adder II while on confidence-building patrol along Kachia – Kaduna Highway on 28th February 2021, in Kachia, Kaduna State conveying one thousand, five hundred and sixty-five (1,565) AK47 ammunition in a Volkswagen, Golf 3 Car.

According to a police statement made available on Tuesday, the Police team discovered that the suspects are members of a major ammunition supply syndicate that supplies ammunition from Jos to bandits in their various camps/hideouts in forests in Kaduna State.

Part of the statement reads;

‘Further investigations led to the arrest of one Suleiman Tukur, 55yrs old and his son, Shuaibu Suleiman, 18yrs on 9th March 2021 who are relatives of a notorious gang leader who was to receive the ammunition conveyed by Danjuma Dachung and Markus Danladi.

Two Hundred and Thirty-One (231) AK47 live ammunition were recovered by the Police team at their residence in Karabi, Kaduna State.’