{"id":156426,"date":"2025-03-25T11:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:12:36","slug":"fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police intercepts 488 AK-47 live ammunition concealed in palm oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, on Monday announced that its operatives arrested a suspect carrying about 488 AK-47 live rounds of ammunition concealed in two 25-litre jerry-cans filled with palm oil.<\/p>\n<p>Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement that the operatives acted in synergy with officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW following credible intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO explained that officers attached to the Nyanya Division, in synergy with the NUTRW, tracked and arrested the suspect, one Nuhu Aminu from Katsina State in Nyanya bus terminal.<\/p>\n<p>Upon interrogation, according to the police, the suspect confessed that he was paid 100,000 by one Yakubu Kachalla of Funtua to convey the illegal cargo from an unidentified contact in Nasarawa State and deliver it to Katsina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis arrest highlights the relentless efforts of the FCT Police Command in dismantling criminal networks and preventing the proliferation of illegal arms that fuel violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect is in custody, and investigations are ongoing to apprehend his accomplices and uncover the full extent of this arms-smuggling operation\u201d, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, on Monday announced that its operatives arrested a suspect carrying about 488 AK-47 live rounds of ammunition concealed in two 25-litre jerry-cans filled with palm oil. Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement that the operatives acted in synergy with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":156425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[622,254,165],"class_list":["post-156426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-fct","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FCT Police intercepts 488 AK-47 live ammunition concealed in palm oil - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, on Monday announced that its operatives arrested a suspect carrying a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCT Police intercepts 488 AK-47 live ammunition concealed in palm oil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, on Monday announced that its operatives arrested a suspect carrying a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T10:55:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T12:12:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742891273.128695.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FCT Police intercepts 488 AK-47 live ammunition concealed in palm oil\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T10:55:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T12:12:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742891273.128695.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"FCT\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fct-police-intercepts-488-ak-47-live-ammunition-concealed-in-palm-oil\",\"name\":\"FCT Police intercepts 488 AK-47 live ammunition concealed in palm oil - 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