Police arrested three Chinese citizens for illegal mining -Endabwediblog

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Twenty one illegal miners, including a community leader, and three Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegal mining in Azam village, near Nasarawa, says the Federal Capital Territory Police command.

Josephine Adeh, the FCT police spokeperson said in a statement that charms, refined and unrefined gold, and two gold weigh scales were seized from the suspects.

Additional, 17 cell phones, four bikes, two Dane gun, shovel, cutlasses, two pumping machines and one generator, substances suspected to be cannabis, and different types of hard drugs were also seized.

She added that the operation that led to the arrest of the suspects, codenamed: 'Safe G-7' followed the menace of kidnapping and banditry in FCT and neighbouring states.

Ms Adeh further mentioned that heads of security agencies in the region had set out on a massive raid and cleanup operation in all mapped out hideouts, camps, and area serving as refugees to the scoundrels.

"In compliance with the G-7 orders, on day two of the operation, the JTF proceeded with the patrol of villages sharing boundaries with Nasarawa state.

"Upon the receipt of actionable intelligence, the team raged a camp at Azam town, where an illicit mining site around 40 minutes walk distance from the said village was discovered."

She noted that the miners who were said to have set up a symbiotic relationship with bandit and kidnappers and allegedly engaged in the team in a duel.

The miners were force to retreat and consequently, overpowered by the superior superpower of the JTF," she said.

Ms Adeh focused on that most of the suspects were from the different bordering states and confess to have enjoy in unfiltered cooperation with the head of the  local community who was immediately arrested.

According to her, the three male Chinese nationals arrested in connection with the offense would be handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service to establish their immigration status in Nigeria, while two suspects linked with the possession of drugs would be handed over to the NDLEA.

She added that the suspects would be arraigned in court unpon completion of investigation.


(NAN)

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