DSS nabs transporter with RPG, AK-47 Rifles in Kano

By Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have arrested a 30-year-old transporter, Muhammed Abubakar, in Gezawa LGA of Kano State.
Abubakar was arrested while transporting weapons to Funtua, Katsina State. He was found with four Rocket-Propelled Grenade, RPG, three AK-47 rifles, and two empty magazines.
According to the DSS, preliminary investigations revealed that the weapons were handed to the suspect by a man identified as Bello in the Maigatari border area of Jigawa State. Abubakar was to deliver the weapons to an undisclosed recipient in Funtua.
During interrogation, Abubakar confessed he was promised N450,000 upon successful delivery and cla...