Nigeria, March 6 -- The police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, said they have arrested a dismissed immigration officer while he was trying to deliver firearms to bandits operating in the Abuja-Kaduna forests.

They said the suspect was arrested during an intelligence-led operation by the police.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the Officer in Charge of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Mustafa Mohammed, said the operation prevented the arms from reaching criminal elements who could have made them deadly.

"Acting on intelligence, the command intercepted these guns from a dismissed immigration officer attempting to sell them to bandits terrorising the Abuja-Kaduna forest. The intelligence was received in time, and the...