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Des gendarmes saisissent des munitions en route pour le Nigéria

Des gendarmes au Bénin ont saisi 1 000 cartouches d'armes à feu dans un véhicule allant du Burkina Faso au Nigéria, ont rapporté des sources proches de la gendarmerie nationale.

Les munitions ont été confisquées jeudi lors d'une opération effectuée sous la houlette du directeur général de la gendarmerie, le général Pancras Brathier. L'opération a conduit à l'arrestation du cerveau présumé du réseau qui fournit des armes et des munitions à des bandes de criminels, ont précisé les sources.

Les sources ont poursuivi que les armes et les munitions viennent habituellement du Burkina Faso, transitent par les villes de Cotonou et de Porto Novo, les capitales économique et administrative respectivement, et continuent vers le Nigéria.


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