The Public Relations Officer of the Police, Frank Mba, says, the Nigerian police has identified border areas as hotspots of arms traffickers.
Mba who spoke on Thursday in an interview with NTA said the Police have understood the international dimensions of arms trafficking, and are focused on identifying, investigating and dismantling international arms smuggling syndicates.
He revealed how the Nigerian Police tracked an arms syndicate from Oyo State to Burkina Faso, recovering up to 6,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition.
“We’ve identified the hotspots for arms trafficking in Nigeria, and the hotspots are majorly the border areas. Today, these border areas are receiving a lot of attention from our men.
“We’ve also come to understand very clearly the international dimensions of arms trafficking, and that’s why we are focusing on identifying, investigating and dismantling international arms smuggling syndicates.
“We have done that successfully from 2019 till now; in fact, for one of the syndicates, we tracked all the way from Saki in Oyo state through to Benin Republic, followed their route up to Burkina Faso, and picked up every single person involved.
“We worked with INTERPOL, we worked with WAPOL, and from that particular syndicate, we recovered up to 6,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition” Mba said.
