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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   15 in custody over illegal arms in Plateau By Taye Obateru & Calvin Adzande Wednesday, September 01, 2004 JOS— EFFORTS by the Plateau State Government to recover illegal weapons in the hands of people as a strategy for ending  violent skirmishes in the state have started paying off with the arrest of 15 suspects from whom 75 live ammunitions were  recovered. The recovery was made in the southern axis of the state under the “cordon and search operation” approved by the state  government last week which empowers security agents to storm and search any place arms and ammunition are suspected to be  stored. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Joseph Apapa who confirmed the arrests to journalists Tuesday said some of the  ammunitions were found concealed in the roof of houses. But no gun was recovered. He said the search operation would be pursued with vigour to ensure that arms and ammunition in wrong hands were recovered  to check further violence in the state.It was learnt that the operation which led to the recovery of the ammunition followed  intelligencereports that some people were still stockpiling ammunition despite appeals from government for those in possession  of illegal arms to turn them in.During the operation which covered Langtang North, Shendam, Mikang and Qua’an Pan local  government areas and reportedly lasted several hours, houses and vehicles were thoroughly searched before the recoveries were  made.The state government had last week announced that a cordon and search operation would commence following the  expiration of the deadline given to people to surrender ammunition in exchange for cash rewards. The government statement  signed by Director of Press Affairs in the Administrator’s Office, Mr. EzekielDalyop said the operation would take place  simultaneously all over the state in pursuance of government’s desire to rid the state of illegal arms. It assured that security agents  would be civil in their dealings with people during the exercise.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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