Security operatives reveal how robbers hide guns in engine compartment of cars

Security operatives reveal how robbers hide guns in engine compartment of cars

- A suspected armed robber has revealed a new tactic of hiding rifles

- The robber, in this video, explained how he and his colleagues hide rifles in engine compartment of vehicles

Security forces have alerted members of the public and security agents on the new tactics used by armed robbers and kidnappers to hide their rifles in the engine compartment of their operational vehicles.

The suspected robber in the video could be seen showing the operatives how to hide AK47 successfully between the car bonnet and the windscreen and also in the engine compartment of the vehicles.

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He said police officers and other security agents at check points have no clue that rifles could be hidden in such places and so he and others get away with traveling in and out of states with guns.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the Nigeria Police, on Friday, June 22, arrested five members of a trans-border armed robbery gang operating along Nigeria-Benin Republic Border on motorcycles with AK47 Rifles hidden under the motorcycle seat.

A blue motorcycles with their operational AK47 rifle hidden under the seat was recovered together with the gun and the 2 magazines fully loaded with 60 rounds of live ammunition.

Suspects confessed to multiple car snatching and many armed robberies along the Nigeria/Benin border while disguising as normal motorcycle riders.

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