Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested two suspected arms couriers and seized two Rocket Propelled Grenade warheads, an RPG launcher, and other items linked to bandits’ networks in Gombe State.
Security sources said the suspects, Muhammed Alhaji Mohammed and Sani Gesha, were intercepted at Mararaban Tula in Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state while travelling in a grey Toyota Corolla with registration number Taraba JAL475YQ.
According to sources, the operation was the result of covert surveillance of a bandit cell led by Kachalla Gambo involved in arms trafficking across Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba, and Adamawa States.
“The operatives monitored the trafficking syndicate for over three weeks, before eventually launching an operation which was professionally carried out and the suspects arrested with a huge cache of arms and ammunition,” a security source disclosed.
During investigation, the suspects confessed that the consignment was billed to be delivered to one Ardo Hamma Ari, a resident of Kukawa Village in Alkaleri Local Government Area, Bauchi State.
In a separate operation, the operatives also rescued a six-year-old boy, identified as Mohammed Jabir, at Gyada Village, Talase in Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State.
The suspects are currently in DSS custody and will be arraigned in court soon, the source added.
