The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has recovered two FN FAL rifles and live ammunition during a raid on a suspected bandits’ hideout in Dajin Madam Forest, located between Plateau and Bauchi states.

PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, that the operation followed further investigation into the arrest of four suspects allegedly involved in supplying arms, ammunition, and illicit substances to bandits.

Adeh stated that operatives of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit carried out the operation on August 2 after receiving credible intelligence from one of the arrested suspects, identified as Musbahu Ishaq.

She stated that the information led the operatives to the forest where the criminal syndicate allegedly maintained one of its hideouts.

“Further investigation established that Musbahu Ishaq obtained arms and ammunition from one Rabiu Hassan and supplied them to one Baba Alhaji Sanusi, a suspected bandit kingpin currently at large and believed to be hiding in a forest in Katsina State,” the statement read.

Adeh noted that a search of the hideout led to the recovery of the two rifles and live ammunition allegedly concealed in the forest.

She added that efforts were ongoing to arrest other members of the syndicate, recover additional weapons linked to the group, and charge the suspects in court.

Reacting, the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Ahmed Sanusi, said the command would continue its intelligence-led operations until all members of the syndicate were apprehended.

“The command remains committed to intelligence-led policing, and ongoing operations will continue until all members of the syndicate are apprehended and brought to justice,” the statement added.

The police urged residents to provide timely and credible information to the nearest police station or through the command’s emergency lines.