Troops from the 3 Division/Operation SAFE HAVEN have stopped an armed robbery on the Bokkos-Richa road in Bokkos Local Government Area, Plateau State.
During the operation, they killed one notorious robber and recovered a weapon.
According to intelligence sources, the incident happened on Monday, around 9:10 p.m. The soldiers, who were on a mission called Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A, responded quickly after receiving a distress call about a robbery in progress.
The troops rushed to the scene and engaged the robbers in a gunfight, overpowering them with stronger firepower.
“One robber was killed during the clash, while the others ran away. The troops recovered an AK-47 rifle from the dead robber,” the sources said.
