Police detain 2 suspected arms fabricator, drug producer in A’Ibom

The police command in Akwa Ibom State says it has detained two suspected arms fabricator and drug producer at Idem Street, off Itu Road, Uyo. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo on Monday. John said the command recorded another significant operational breakthrough […]

The police command in Akwa Ibom State says it has detained two suspected arms fabricator and drug producer at Idem Street, off Itu Road, Uyo.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo on Monday.
John said the command recorded another significant operational breakthrough in its ongoing Operation Zero Black Spots, a strategic initiative aimed at dismantling criminal hideouts, illegal arms production centres, and drug networks across the state.
She explained that operatives of the command, acting on credible intelligence, stormed the suspected criminal facility located at Idem Street, off Itu Road, Uyo, on Sunday, at 9 pm and carried out the operation. (NAN)

She said the operations followed intelligence reports that illicit chin-chin snacks laced with Indian hemp were being produced and distributed from the location.
“Upon raiding the premises, Police operatives discovered that the facility was not only being used for the production of narcotic-laced food items but also functioned as a clandestine arms and ammunition fabrication workshop,” John said.
John added that during a thorough search of the premises, exhibits including eight refilled cartridges, six empty expended cartridges, one bag of gunpowder, refilling pellets, a pack of striking pins.
Other exhibits she said include one rifle butt, filing, cutting and drilling machines used for weapon fabrication, filing and cutting stones, assorted sets of saws, two machetes, and substance suspected to be cannabis sativa. (NAN)