The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered a gun manufacturing factory in Kaduna State, recovering finished firearms and materials used for the production of weapons.
The discovery was made during a raid by NDLEA operatives in the Sabon Garin Kangin area of the state, where the owner of the factory was also arrested.
The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a narco-trend update shared on his X handle on Sunday.
According to Babafemi, the operation led to the recovery of completed firearms and materials intended for the production of additional weapons.
The statement said, “In the course of a raid operation by @ndlea_nigeria officers in Sabon Garin Kangin area of Kaduna some days ago, they discovered a gun factory where finished firearms and materials for the production of more weapons were recovered and the owner arrested.”
He noted that the discovery further highlighted the connection between drug trafficking, substance abuse and other forms of criminal activities.
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“This reinforces the already established fact that there’s a nexus between substance abuse, drug trafficking and other forms crime,” he said
Watch the video below:
𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐀 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐚
Credit: X | FemiBabafemi
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