Troops of Mobile Strike Team II deployed in Kaduna on Monday arrested a notorious gun runner and recovered 2 AK 47 assault rifle with 38 rounds of 7.62mm special while on clearance operation at suspected armed bandits hideout in Rigachikun general area of Kaduna State.

Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, announced this in a statement

“Due to criminal activities taking place at theRigachikun forest and environ the Army place high surveillance in the general area to deny criminal freedom or operation. The success recorded so far is a proactive measures taking by the Army to dominate the general area and fish out criminals that are carrying out kidnapping, armed robbery and cattle rustling,” the Army Spokesman said.