Three Suspected Firearms Fabricators Including A Father And Son Arrested By The Police In Benue State
The suspects, Thomas Ode alias Tommy, Kingsley Abi and his father, Odah Abi, had been apprehended at Oju.
A G3 rifle, 4 G3 empty shells of ammunition, two expended cartridges, two cut-to-size iron barrels for development of regionally fabricated weapons and three picket gun butts had been recovered from them.
Others embody three regionally made baretta magasines, three skeletons of regionally made pistols, two cut-to-size double barrel for development of regionally made pistol, a toy gun, two iron containers containing blacksmithing instruments, two plastic bottles containing Marijuana seeds and 5 sachets of Tramadol.
In line with Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni, the suspects had been caught in the middle of investigating a case of abduction and rape. Owoseni stated one of many suspects allegedly kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old woman locally on Might 21.
He stated:-
“The case was reported to the police and in the middle of investigation, it was found that the suspects additionally manufactured firearms regionally.
Investigations have commenced to fish out the folks they provided to and we’d additionally discover out different issues they’ve finished.
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