The Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in
Kano, has arrested three Lebanese suspected of owning the large cache of arms
recovered at a bunker in the city.
Brig.-Gen. Iliyasu
Abba, the Brigade Commander, 3rd Brigade, Nigerian Army, said one of the
suspects was arrested on Tuesday at a house on Gaya Road in Bompai area of
Kano.
According to him,
another suspect was arrested in Abuja while the third suspect was apprehended
since May 16, at Aminu Kano International Airport, on his way to Beirut,
Lebanon.
“The one arrested
at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport had a sum of 60,000 US dollars in his
possession.”
He said one
Abdullahi Hassan Tahir Padalla, who was the owner of the house in which one of
the suspect was arrested was still at large.
Abba said among the
weapons discovered during the operation on Tuesday were 17 AK 47 rifles, 44
magazines, four land mines and 12 RPG bombs, 14 RPG charger, 11 66 mm
anti-tanks weapons, one SMG magazine, one pistol and magazine.
Also, 11, 433
rounds of 7.26 mm special, 76 hand grenade, rocket propelled guns, 122 calibre
artillery and anti mines weapons were recovered.
“What you are
seeing here are weapons of mass destruction in terms of our situation here
right now in Nigerian.
“If these things
has been brought out only God knows the type of destruction they will cause to
innocent persons in the state or in the country,’’ he said.
He said the
Department of State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja had been investigating the
case for long.
In a remark, the
state Director of the SSS, Mr Bassey Ettang, said that the three suspects had a
link to the Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
According to him,
the suspects have for a long time been using the bunker in the house to
stockpile arms and ammunition.
He restated the
commitment of the SSS and other security agencies to continue with the ongoing
war on criminals nationwide.
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