Police Arrest Gun Manufacturers In Benue

Policemen in Benue State under Special Anti-

Robbery Squad (SARS) have arrested three

gun manufacturers for producing and selling

dangerous arms in the state. The police also

seized their working tools.

The three arrested gun producers (names

withheld) were said to have been

manufacturing sophisticated weapons

including pistols and daggers for cultists and

other persons of questionable character who

have been terrorising innocent residents of

the state.

The commissioner of police in charge of the

state, Mr. Kakwe Chris Katso, who disclosed

this in a chat with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY, in

Makurdi, said the command was determined

to permanently eradicate crime in the state.

He said the development would enhance

relative peace and ensure the protection of lives and property of the citizenry.

The police had, since his assumption of duties three months ago, arrested over 200 cultists

and criminals.

According to Katso, the activities of the arrested gun producers were promoting rampant

criminality in the state. Men of the SARS, he said, acted on a tip-off .

He said the weapon manufacturers were arrested in a village located almost at the borders

between Katsina-Ala LGA and Zaki-Biam town in Ukum LGA, where, according to Katso, the

gun manufacturers were fabricating the dangerous fire arms, using working tools such as the

vice, drillers, big hammers, files and saws, as well as gas-welding appliances.