An international ammunition smuggling syndicate has been busted in Ogun State, the military authorities has said.
The syndicate was reportedly intercepted while transporting a large cache of smuggled ammunition to Anambra.
The military hierarchy made this known in a statement issued yesterday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nywachukwu.
According to the Nigerian army, the criminals were apprehended by troops of 192 Battalion Nigerian Army (NA) operating in 81 Division Area of Responsibility.
Nywachukwu disclosed that the operation took place on Saturday, along Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa-North local government area of Ogun State. He said the development followed an actionable intelligence made available to the troops.
The army spokesperson said the truck was loaded “with 720 packets of Red Star Cartridges of 12 Calibre, containing 25 cartridges per packet, totalling 18, 000 cartridges and an additional 250 packets of live (black) cartridges containing 10 packets each, totalling 2500 cartridges of the same calibre.
He said preliminary investigation has revealed that the weapons were smuggled from Mali, via Idiroko International Border.
“The suspects, identified as Eric Seworvor, a Ghanaian national, and the driver, Lukman Sani, have been taken into custody and are helping with ongoing investigations”, he further stated.
