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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered an illegal gun manufacturing facility in Kaduna State, recovering completed firearms and materials used to produce more weapons.
The factory was uncovered during a raid by agency operatives in the Sabon Garin Kangin area of the state, leading to the arrest of its owner.
The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, announced the development in a narco-trend update posted on his X(formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday.
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He disclosed that operatives recovered finished firearms as well as equipment and materials intended for further weapon production during the operation, which took place a few days earlier.
“In the course of a raid operation by @ndlea_nigeria officers in Sabon Garin Kangin area of Kaduna some days ago, they discovered a gun factory where finished firearms and materials for the production of more weapons were recovered and the owner arrested.”
Babafemi said the discovery pointed to the links between drug trafficking, substance abuse and other criminal activities, highlighting how such offences could intersect.
“This reinforces the already established fact that there’s a nexus between substance abuse, drug trafficking and other forms crime,” he said
