The Division of State Services and products, DSS, has arrested 5 suspected palms couriers, together with a 23-year-old lady, and recovered greater than 2,000 rounds of ammunition in separate operations in Nasarawa State.
The girl, known as Aisha Mohammed, who lives in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, used to be arrested in Keffi with 202 rounds of seven.62mm ammunition and 3 empty magazines.
3 different suspects arrested between August and September 2026 have been known as Hassan Sani, 40; Abdulkadir Idrissa, 41; and Salihu Garba, 70, popularly referred to as Nabayi.
In step with studies, safety operatives recovered 678 rounds of seven.62mm ammunition, 99 rounds of seven.5mm ammunition, and different pieces from the 3 males.
In a separate operation in August, the DSS arrested any other suspected palms courier, Ismail Lawalli, a local of Zamfara State, alongside the Keffi-Abuja freeway.
The operation ended in the restoration of one,262 rounds of varied ammunition.
Reacting to the arrests, Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule praised the DSS for its efforts, describing the operations as necessary steps against tackling unlawful palms trafficking.
In a observation issued by way of his Leader Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra, the governor additionally counseled the DSS and different safety businesses for his or her persisted efforts to stop legal actions around the state.
“The suspect, recently in custody, used to be arrested whilst in ownership of 202 rounds of seven.62mm-calibre ammunition with 3 empty magazines,” the observation stated.
Sule stated the cooperation between the safety businesses and his management, assuring them of persisted executive toughen for his or her operations.
He reaffirmed his management’s dedication to preventing crime and instructed citizens to paintings with safety businesses to take care of peace and offer protection to lives and belongings all over Nasarawa State.