Kaduna state Police Command has arrested a notorious gun runner and recovered prohibited firearms.
It said in a statement that a diligent police operative, acting on credible intelligence, intercepted one Alkali Danladi, aged forty-five, of Ungwan Hayatu Village, Yarkasuwa, Lere Local Government Area at Tsurutawa Village along the Kaduna-Jos Highway.
According to the statement, Mr. Danladi is suspected to be engaging in illegal supply of firearms to bandits and was arrested while coming from Jos, Plateau State.
During the interception, Mr. Danladi was found to have concealed several prohibited firearms, including one AK 47 rifle, five revolver rifles, and two pistols.
Further investigation led to the arrest of one Gayya Koddi, aged forty, of Bundu Dingi Village.
The Kaduna State Police commissioner, CP Ali Audu Dabigi, said that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining culprits.