The Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau, on Jos crises, Operation Safe Haven, yesterday arrested a suspected gun manufacturer at a military check point in Bokkos Local Government.
Parading the suspect at the STF headquarters in Jos, STF spokesperson Captain Charles Ekeocha said: “The particulars of the suspects show that he is a native of Pankshin Local Government, and his name is Paul Tongleng.
“Tongleng was arrested at 7.30am yesterday during a routine stop-and-search operation with iron implements, which he used in producing rifles.
“Soldiers asked the suspect to come down from the vehicle he was traveling in and in the process, Tongleng dropped a bag in the vehicle. When the soldier checked what he dropped, it was found to be empty cases of 7.62 calibre ammunition and some metals, designed like weapons, and some pipes designed as barrels for pistols.”
Preliminary investigation, according to Ekeocha, showed that the suspect confessed to have supplied some people with the rifles.
Ekeocha urged the residents to give information on any suspicious activity in their areas.
He said Tongleng would be handed over to the police for further investigation.
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