NIGERIA — Troops of the 192 Battalion, operating in the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, intercepted a truckload of smuggled ammunition on Saturday along the Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa North LGA of Ogun State.
The illegal ammunition was being transported into Anambra State by a syndicate when they were busted by troops on a stop-and-search operation.
The truck with registration no: ENU 697 XY was loaded with 720 packets of Red Star Cartridges of 12 calibre, and other live cartridges.
The suspects, a Ghanaian, and the driver of the truck, have been taken into custody and are assisting with ongoing investigations.
The ammunition, which were surreptitiously concealed in a supposedly empty truck, were imported from Mali via Idiroko International Border and were en-route to their final destination in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The timely intervention of the vigilant troops thwarted the chaos that such a volume of ammunition would have unleashed on innocent members of the public.
Nigerians are urged to continue to support the troops and other security agencies with credible information.
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