Police recover arms from illegal firearms factory in Enugu

Operatives of the  Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, of Enugu State Police Command, in the early hours of yesterday, raided an illegal gun manufacturing factory at Ihuoha Amansiodo Oghe community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state arresting a widow in whose house some arms were hidden by the manufacturer.


The widow and a mother of four, identified as Mrs. Juliet Nwachukwu, is now in police custody and assisting the operatives in their investigations, according to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu.

The local gun manufacturer identified as Ejike Eze, was said to have relocated the guns already produced and were ready to be sold, to the house of the widow on Wednesday and disappeared from the community.

The man who must have gotten wind of the planned raid on his factory, which he had operated for several years, moved the arms to the house of the widow without telling her the reason before absconding  from the community.

The police spokesman said when the SARS operatives stormed the factory yesterday, the man was nowhere to be found and following a tip off, the widow’s house was searched and the firearms hidden in one of the rooms were recovered. He said that the arms were the type used by hoodlums to attack innocent citizens.

He said that items recovered included cut-to-size double barrel and single barrel guns, his manufacturing tools and some of the manufactured cartridges.