The Delta State Police Command has recorded another major breakthrough in its relentless fight against the trafficking of illicit arms and ammunition.
According to the statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer SP Bright Edafe, it read, “Acting on credible intelligence from the Force Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU), Abuja, operatives of the CP Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT), led by ASP Julius Robinson, arrested a female suspects, one Jamila Abubakar, at Conoil Filling Station, Warri–Patani Road, Effurun, Delta State.
“Upon her arrest, officers discovered a cash sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦550,000) neatly concealed beneath her bag, suspected to be proceeds from illicit transactions. Her apprehension provided a crucial lead that set off a well-coordinated follow-up operation.
“Building on that intelligence, the operatives stormed Niger-Cat area of Warri, where they successfully arrested a notorious arms peddler, one Ahmed Ibrahim (male, 31 years), of Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area, at about 0725 hrs on 22nd October 2025. A search led to the recovery of a bag containing one hundred and fifteen rounds (115) rounds of 7.63mm AK-47 live ammunition, two hundred and twenty (220) rounds of SMG rifle ammunition, and thirty-two (32) live cartridges.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect is a key supplier of weapons to bandit groups in the North and has long been on the Command’s watch list for his alleged role in several high-profile kidnapping and armed-robbery operations”.
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