The Police special squad ‘Operation Puff Adder’, has intercepted three persons with guns concealed in sacks around Lalan area of Gusau, the Zamfara capital.
A statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu said the suspects were arrested following a tip-off.
He said that three suspects were being monitored right from their takeoff point in Maradun local government area of the state, up to the point of their arrest.
Shehu said that the suspects aged 60, 50 and 35, were arrested while in possession of four locally fabricated guns, cutlasses, and axe.
Shehu stated that the suspects had claimed to be hunters and were on their way to Kogi for a hunting expedition.
