Troops of the 192 Battalion Nigerian Army (NA), operating within the 81 Division Area of Responsibility, have successfully busted an international ammunition smuggling syndicate.
In a statement on Monday by the Director, Army Public Relations Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, stated that the military acted on actionable intelligence and conducted a meticulous Stop and Search operation along the Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
General Nwachukwu said during the operation, the troops discovered a truck which was transporting a large quantity of smuggled ammunition destined for Anambra State.
It stated that the illegal cargo included seven hundred and twenty packets of Red Star Cartridges of twelve Calibre, each containing twenty-five cartridges, totaling eighteen thousand cartridges.
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