A combined team of the army, air force, navy, police and DSS of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) said it has arrested 11 suspected bandits and recovered 37 assorted weapons during a recent operation in Nasarawa State.
Commander of the operation, Mj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, in Lafia at a press briefing, said, “OPWS undertook nine operations in the past five weeks; from March 9 to April 17 this year in the state, which covered Doma, Toto, Obi and Awe local government areas of Nassarawa State where the 37 weapons were recovered.”
Gen. Yekini listed said the weapons recovered were AK-47 rifles, two G3 rifles, one Clarion 5.56 Isreali Commando Assort rifle, one Sub Machine Gun (SMG), 3 pistols, 20 locally made pistols, 389 rounds of ammunition and one grenade.
He added that aside the 11 suspects arrested, an undisclosed number of bandits were killed in the course of the operation.
