Police Uncovers, Demolishes Arms Factory In Ebonyi

Ebonyi State Police Command on Wednesday said it has discovered
and destroyed an arms making factory in the state.

This is even as it recovered a cache of 146 prohibited/illegal
firearms and assorted ammunitions that were hitherto in possession
of unauthorised persons in the state.

Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State, Titus Lamorde, said the
arms were recovered in compliance with the Inspector General of
Police, Ibrahim Idris’ directive to all Commands, Commissioners of
Police, CPs, and other police formations to mop up prohibited and
illegal firearms and ammunitions in circulation nationwide.

He said the Command set up a taskforce headed by a Deputy
Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation
Department, Oyeyemi Oyediran, to carry out the mop-up.

The task force, he said, recovered some of the arms in hands of
some persons in the state who have been charged to court for
illegal possession of firearms.

“The Police, acting on a tip-off, discovered an arms making
factory in Mgbo and on getting there the owner ran away but we
recovered some of the locally made arms there,” he said. Mgbo is in
the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.

He commended those who voluntarily surrendered their arms and
urged others still with theirs to submit them immediately,
promising that no punishment will be meted out to them.

“However, if they fail to do so and we catch them with the arms,
they will be prosecuted, so we encourage them to utilise this
opportunity by the IGP to submit the arms.”

He listed some of the arms recovered to include 18 AK 47 rifles,
six G3 rifles, 21 pump action riffles, six English made double
barrel guns, 33 locally made short guns, sixty two dane guns and
quantities of live ammunition and cartridges of different
calibre.

The CP urged stakeholders and the general public to continue to
collaborate with the police by giving them useful information on
persons or group or persons in possession of prohibited
firearms.

Ebonyi State Police Command on Wednesday said it has discovered
and destroyed an arms making factory in the state.

This is even as it recovered a cache of 146 prohibited/illegal
firearms and assorted ammunitions that were hitherto in possession
of unauthorised persons in the state.

Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State, Titus Lamorde, said the
arms were recovered in compliance with the Inspector General of
Police, Ibrahim Idris’ directive to all Commands, Commissioners of
Police, CPs, and other police formations to mop up prohibited and
illegal firearms and ammunitions in circulation nationwide.

He said the Command set up a taskforce headed by a Deputy
Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation
Department, Oyeyemi Oyediran, to carry out the mop-up.

The task force, he said, recovered some of the arms in hands of
some persons in the state who have been charged to court for
illegal possession of firearms.

“The Police, acting on a tip-off, discovered an arms making
factory in Mgbo and on getting there the owner ran away but we
recovered some of the locally made arms there,” he said. Mgbo is in
the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.

He commended those who voluntarily surrendered their arms and
urged others still with theirs to submit them immediately,
promising that no punishment will be meted out to them.

“However, if they fail to do so and we catch them with the arms,
they will be prosecuted, so we encourage them to utilise this
opportunity by the IGP to submit the arms.”

He listed some of the arms recovered to include 18 AK 47 rifles,
six G3 rifles, 21 pump action riffles, six English made double
barrel guns, 33 locally made short guns, sixty two dane guns and
quantities of live ammunition and cartridges of different
calibre.

The CP urged stakeholders and the general public to continue to
collaborate with the police by giving them useful information on
persons or group or persons in possession of prohibited
firearms.