Nigeria Police Seize 5000 Rounds Of Illegal Arms at Ghana's Border

The police said it has taken measures to secure Nigerian borders.
The Nigerian police on Tuesday said it recovered some lethal weapons in two separate raids.
In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said the weapons were recovered because the police had taken measures to enhance the safety and security of Nigerians, adding that it has also secured all Nigeria’s borders.
Mr. Mba said, during the first raid which occurred on January 20, the police arrested two suspects and recovered a cache of 5,564 live cartridges at Idiroko in Ogun State, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin.
He said the suspects reside in Accra, Ghana and “are suspected to be behind the supply of arms and ammunition to criminal groups operating in parts of the country” .
The police spokesperson said the live cartridges were concealed in the engine compartment and inner crevices of a Mercedes Benz SE saloon car with registration number CC 270 FKJ.
Mr. Mba said the suspects claimed to have taken off from Ghana through Benin Republic en route Lagos.
The second raid, the police spokesperson said, happened on January 24 in Edo State after the police got an intelligence report.
The police, Mr. Mba claimed, raided a local arms manufacturing factory and recovered ammos including two double barrel gun pipes, two double barrel gun butts, three single gun butts, nine single barrel gun pipes, one locally made double barrel cut-to-size gun pipe, a bag of weed and other incriminating items.
Mr. Mba said two persons were arrested in connection with the raid. The suspects, he said, might be responsible for the supply of lethal weapons to armed robbers and kidnappers in the South -West, South- South and South -East regions.

Source; newsrescue.com