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DSS arrests notorious gunrunner tracked from Niger Republic
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a suspected gunrunner in Zamfara State.
The agency presented the suspect to the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, at the Government House in Gusau on Tuesday evening.
In a chat with journalists, the governor said the suspect was tracked from Niger Republic to Zamfara where he was arrested by the DSS.
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He commended the DSS and other security agencies for their diligence and professionalism in apprehending the suspect.
Two PKT machine guns, 9 AK-47 rifles, 13 magazines, 171 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, and 9 rounds of PKT ammunition were recovered from the suspect in the operation carried out with men of 1 Brigade of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji.
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