The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has intercepted a former Immigration officer who was attempting to sell sophisticated firearms to bandits operating in the Abuja-Kaduna forests.

It was gathered that the officer , whose identity is being withheld, was apprehended during intelligence-led operation by the police.

Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, the officer in charge of the Kidnapping Units, Mustapha Mohammed, said the operation prevented the arms from reaching the criminal elements whom he said could have made them deadly.

He said, “Acting on intelligence, the Command intercepted these guns from a dismissed Immigration officer attempting to sell them to bandits terrorizing the Abuja-Kaduna forest.

The intelligence was received in time, and arms were intercepted, while he was trying to make delivery”, Mohammed stated.

-9News Nigeria.