The Yobe State Police Command reported that it had captured a thief with a rocket launcher in his possession.
The suspect was taken into custody by troops from the Karasuwa Division, according to the command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who revealed this in a statement made accessible to newsmen.
The 35-year-old suspect, Hassan Abubakar, of Danbaza, Zamfara State, later implicated one Abubakar Shehu, nicknamed Kurma, 32, of Bare-Bari Maradun, according to the statement. Through their associates, the suspects deliver weapons to bandits in the northern states of Zamfara, Kano, Niger, Kaduna, and Yobe.
The second suspect was the courier for bandits in Zamfara, the first suspect confessed, the detectives in Maradun LGA followed him and detained him. The accused are cooperating in the investigation, which is ongoing.