Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The police have recovered three AK-47 rifles, six magazines and 104 rounds of ammunition from two suspected arms couriers involved in a motorcycle accident in Suleja area of Niger State.

Police spokesperson in the state, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a crime bulletin issued on Thursday in Minna.

He said the incident occurred at about 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday when a patrol team attached to Gawu-Babangida Division was conducting a stop-and-search operation in the Boyi-Sarki/Toll Gate axis.

According to him, the team received a distress call that two unidentified persons riding a motorcycle from Tafa area of Kaduna State towards the Abuja axis had crashed into a road construction diversion barrier near the toll gate.

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