Police arrest two suspected gunrunners, recover ammunition in Katsina
Katsina State Police Command has arrested two suspected gunrunners and recovered six AK-47 magazines and 305 rounds of live 7.62mm ammunition. The arrests took place on January 27, 2026, at about 2:00 p.m., during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation along the Zaria–Funtua Road, the police spokesperson, Abubakar Sadiq, said. The suspects were intercepted while riding a […]
Police intercept massive arms cache, arrest gun runners with GPMG and 1,295 ammunition in Katsina
Katsina State police have made a major breakthrough by stopping a dangerous weapons smuggling operation that could have threatened public safety. In the early hours of Monday, September 1, 2025, around 4:35 a.m., officers from Ingawa Division spotted two men transporting weapons along the Ingawa-Karkarku village road. The firearms were hidden inside a blue Volkswagen […]