Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have raided a bandits’ hideout, in continuation of their clearance operations in the Kuriga-Manini-Udawa areas, along the Chikun-Birnin Gwari boundary in Kaduna State.
Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement, explained that acting on credible intelligence, the troops carried out search-and-rescue operations at the hideout located around Ungwan Malam Ali.
Aruwan said the troops made contact with the bandits, who withdrew with gunshot wounds under the superior firepower of the advancing forces.
The statement further said the troops recovered one AK47 rifle, 18 rounds of ammunition, and 11 pump action cartridges.
The Commissioner however added that the Kaduna State government commended the troops for the successful round of operations in the area.
