DSS nabs 5 arms couriers with 2,241 rounds of ammunition in Nasarawa

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested 5 suspected arms couriers and recovered a complete of two,241 rounds of ammunition.

Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, disclosed this in Lafia on Thursday, October 22, via his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra.

He recommended the DSS and different safety companies for sustaining the clampdown on gun runners within the state.

The arrests have been made in operations throughout Nasarawa State between August and October, 2026.

The most up-to-date arrest is that of 23-year-old Aisha Mohammed, a resident of Bwari within the FCT, who was apprehended in Keffi with 202 rounds of seven.62mm ammunition and three empty magazines.

The Governor mentioned three different suspected couriers — 40-year-old Hassan Sani, 41-year-old Abdulkadir Idrissa, and 70-year-old Salihu Garba, alias Nabayi — have been additionally arrested between August and September. A complete of 777 rounds of ammunition, comprising 678 rounds of seven.62mm and 99 rounds of seven.5mm, have been recovered from them together with different gadgets.

In a separate operation in August, operatives intercepted one other courier, Ismail Lawalli, a local of Zamfara State, alongside the Keffi-Abuja freeway with 1,262 rounds of various ammunition, the most important single restoration within the interval.

Governor Sule praised the dedication of the officers and lauded the collaboration between safety companies and his administration, assuring residents of his authorities’s resolve to sort out criminality.