(http://peoplesdailyng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Kano-arms-depot-belongs-to-Hizbullah-300x199.jpg) (http://peoplesdailyng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Kano-arms-depot-belongs-to-Hizbullah.jpg)From Edwin Olofu, Kano
Director of the Department of State Security Service in Kano (DSS), Mr. Bassey Etang, yesterday offered an insight into the astonishing discovery of weapons of mass destruction at the residence of a Lebanese in Kano on Tuesday.
He said that the weapons belonged to the international terrorist organization, Hizbullah.
Etang spoke at a joint press conference by the Commandant of the 3 Motorized Division in Kano, Brigadier-Gen. Iliyasu Abba, at the scene of the discovery in the Bompai area. He said the weapons were brought in by an international terrorist organization, Hizbullah, to attack Israeli and Western interests in Nigeria.
He added that on 28 May 2013, a combined team of the JTF involving the Nigerian Army of the
3 Brigade in Kano and the Kano state DSS conducted a thorough search of the house located at 3, Gaya Road, off Bompai Road, belonging to one Abdul Hassan Taher Fadlalla, a Lebanese national who is currently out of the country.
"After painstakingly searching of the whole premises, the search team uncovered an underground bunker in the master bedroom where a large quantity of assorted weapons of different types and caliber were recovered. The bunker was specially constructed for this purpose," he said.
Abba revealed the weapons of mass destruction included, "11, 50mm anti-tank weapons, two, 122mm artillery gun ammunition, fouranti-tank landmines, 21 Rocket Propel Grenades (RPG), 16 Rocket Propel Grenades Charger, one Rocket Propel Grenade Tube, 76 Military Grenade, 1 SMG riffle, nine pistols, 17 AK47 riffles, 44 magazines, 11,433 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunitions and 103 packets of slap TNT.
"Investigation also confirms the existence of a Hizbullah foreign terrorist cell in Nigeria.
"Consequently, the DSS on 16 May 2013, arrested one Mustapha Fawaz, the co-owner of the popular Amigo Supermarket as well as the Wonderland Amusement Park, all in Abuja.
"Thus, his arrest and confession unveiled other members of the foreign terrorists network which led to the interception of one member of the syndicate named Abdullah Tahini, a Lebanese national, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport with undeclared amount of $60,000 on him, enroute Beirut.
"Thereafter, on 26 May 2013, one Talal Roda, also a Lebanese with Nigerian passport, was arrested in this same house.
"All those arrested have confessed to have undergone Hizbullah terrorist training and further implicated one Fauzi Fawad, also a co-owner of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park. However, the fellow is now at large.
"The arms and ammunition were targeted at facilities of Israel and Western interests in Nigeria.
"However, the security agencies are making frantic efforts to unveil the true situation. At the end of investigation, all those involved will be prosecuted," he stated.
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