NDLEA Arrests 25-Year-Old Man with AK-47 Rifle in Ondo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ondo State command says it has arrested a 25-year-old man, with an AK-47 riffle, a pump action gun and ammunition concealed inside a bag.

The NDLEA State Commandant, Kayode Raji, while parading the suspect, Destiny Agbaijoh before the newsmen today in Akure said officials of the agency arrested him during a stop and search duty along Ore-Okitipupa road.

Kayode Raji said the suspect who boarded a commercial vehicle, was found with one AK-47, one pump action, 91 bullets of 5.56 mm,16 cartridges and cash of N347,000 concealed in a bag during the search.

He alleged that the suspect wanted to bribe the operatives with the cash found on him but was rejected.

The suspect who claimed to be a timber contractor, told newsmen that he got the bag containing the ammunition inside the bush in an unnamed village in Bayelsa.