Kaduna State commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu, yesterday paraded one Bulus Kinze and James Kinze, for allegedly using their residence for illegal manufacturing of arms and ammunitions.

Both suspects are from Kogun village of Jema’a local government area of Kaduna State. They are also alleged to be suppliers of arms to armed bandits within the area.

According to the police commissioner, when the suspects were arrested and their residence raided, the following exhibits were recovered.

Two locally made AK-47 rifles, one locally made SMG rifle and its magazine, two locally made pistols, two police coloured AK-47 magazines, one locally made AK-47 magazine, 20 live 0.36 special revolver ammunition, three live 7.62mm long lar ammunitions, 11 live 7.62mm short, AK-47 ammunition and three live cartridges.

Others are one live 5.5mm, T.6 ammunition, 14 empty shells of 7.62mm short, AK-47 ammunition, 17 empty shells of 0.36 special revolver pistols ammunition, one expanded cartridges, some parts of locally made AK-47 rifle and parts of other rifles, one drilling machine used in production of rifles, one hand driller, some instrument for fabrication of rifles and some assorted charms.

When one of the suspected manufacturers of the illegal arms, James Kinze, was interviewed at the police command headquarters where he was paraded alongside other arm robbery suspects, he owned up to manufacturing locally made arms but said it was meant to protect themselves against bandits that have continued to terrorise their areas unabated.

“Arm bandits have continued to terrorise our area and killing our people, so since we could not get adequate protection from the security agencies, we decided to produce locally made arms to protect ourselves and our people from the recurring attacks by such arm bandits” he said.

Also paraded where 20 suspected persons who were arrested for various offences ranging from, ar‎m robbery, criminal conspiracy, and various acts of terrorism.

Source: http://monitor9ja.com/2015/08/kaduna-state-police-discovers-illegal-arm-manufacturing-factory/

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