A local workshop for the construction and maintenance of firearms in the Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State has been dismantled by the state's police command.  

The police found eight single-barrel guns, two English-manufactured double-barrel guns, two live and eight used cartridges, three generator sets, a variety of firearms repair tools, and locally built cut-to-size single-barrel guns.  

SP Daniel Ndukwe, the Command's spokesperson, said in a statement released in Enugu on Tuesday that the accomplishment was important for the command's efforts to fight crime, particularly the spread of illegal firearms.

“On June 30, at about 4 p.m., operatives of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, acting on credible intelligence, raided and dismantled the workshop located in Amofia-Agu Affa community in Udi LGA.

“The operation followed the arrest and confession of one Ekene Okafor, 32, a member of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, earlier apprehended for conspiracy, armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms. 

“The suspect led operatives to the workshop, where his locally made cut-to-size gun was being serviced by the workshop’s owner, who fled upon sighting the operatives.

“Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing owner of the workshop,” he said.

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