Troops Arrest Anambra Bar Owner, Recover Five Guns in Arms-Racketeering Probe
Troops of the 82 Division/JTF South-East Operations have arrested a bar owner in Azia community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, during a follow-up investigation into alleged arms racketeering. The operation reportedly followed the earlier arrest of a corporal attached to the 185 Battalion and another suspect. Investigators said the soldier allegedly disclosed that weapons had been kept with the bar owner. Troops arrested the 31-year-old suspect and recovered three pump-action guns and two locally fabricated firearms. The suspects are being held by the 302 Artillery Regiment as investigations continue into the source and distribution of illegal weapons in the South-East.
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