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The Zamfara police command says it has arrested two persons conveying ammunition along the Gusau-Wanke-Dansadau road in the state.

Mohammed Shehu, the command’s public relations officer, said the suspects were arrested on January 8, at about 11pm by a police tactical team.

He said Emmanuel Emmanuel and Nana Ibrahim, the suspects, had 325 rounds of live ammunition and one AK 47 rifle magazine with them.

Shehu said the arrest was sequel to intelligence received about arms being supplied from Benue to a bandits’ camp in Zamfara.

He said the suspects were apprehended through stop and search operation mounted by the police tactical team.

Shehu said the suspects had, in the course of interrogation, confessed to having engaged in several gun-running businesses for bandits in Zamfara forests and neighbouring states.

The command spokesperson said the investigation would continue in order to apprehend the suspects’ collaborators and charge them to court.

Shehu said Kolo Yusuf, Zamafara commissioner of police, has assured that the command would continue to protect the lives and property of residents.