The spokesman of the command, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri, saying that a female suspect was also arrested alongside the suspected hoodlum.

He said that the duo were nabbed by the operatives of the CP-Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) of the command.

Edafe said that the operation followed a credible intelligence from the Force Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU), Abuja.

“The CP-SAT acting on the intelligence, arrested a female suspect at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

Edafe said that the police team, thereafter, stormed Niger-Cat neighborhood, Ekpan in Uvwie LGA to arrest the suspected arms peddler.

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The command’s spokesman said that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was a key supplier of weapons to bandit groups in Northern Nigeria, adding that the suspect had been on the command’s watch list over alleged role in several high-profile kidnapping and armed-robbery operations.

Edafe said that 115 rounds of 7.63mm AK-47 live ammunition, 220 rounds of SMG rifle ammunition and 32 live cartridges concealed inside a bag were recovered in the custody of the suspect.

Source: Punch