The Kwara State Police Command has intercepted a cache of illegal firearms and arrested four suspects during a routine stop-and-search operation along Sabongida Road.
According to police sources, the incident occurred on 11 December 2025 at about 8:45 a.m., when operatives attached to the Jebba Division stopped two men, namely Musa Mohammed and Musa Abdullahi, both residents of Saorami in Masegun LGA of Niger State.
Officers reportedly found six locally fabricated AK-47 rifles, one pump-action gun, four live cartridges, and one expended AK-47 round concealed inside a bag in their possession.
During preliminary interrogation, the two suspects allegedly confessed that they were transporting the arms to Mohammad Umoru and Magin Isah, both of Shonga. Police later arrested the alleged recipients in a follow-up operation.
All four suspects have since been transferred to personnel of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT), who are on special assignment in Kwara State, for further investigation.
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