The Nigerian Police, Benue Command, said they intercepted 1,427 cartridges of 5.56mm live ammunition along the Makurdi-Lafia road.
The Police Spokesman in the state, ASP Moses Yamu said this was due to a security report that some miscreants were planning a robbery attack along the same route.
He said the command, therefore, deployed its operations’ crack team, “Operation Zenda”, led by SP Justin Gberindyer, to abort the planned robbery, while the arms were recovered during a “Stop-And-Search Operation” on the road.
He said the police were interrogating the five passengers arrested with the arms in the vehicle and that they would soon be charged to court.
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