Nigerian Army troops from Sector 7 of Operation Enduring Peace intercept suspected arms traffickers in Kaduna State and recover illegal firearms. According to reports, the action follows a targeted stop-and-search operation carried out at Samaru checkpoint in Zangon area. A security expert, Zagazola Makama, says seven illegal firearms are recovered and are allegedly intended to be supplied to bandits. Vanguard similarly reports that troops disrupt a suspected arms trafficking syndicate during a coordinated, intelligence-driven operation in Kaduna, with the seizure of a weapons cache. The sources describe the operation as intelligence-led and aimed at disrupting weapons movement in the state. While both accounts focus on the seizure and the interception of the suspects’ alleged trafficking activity, they do not provide additional details on the number of arrests, the identities of those involved, or the full list of the seized weapons beyond the figure of seven firearms mentioned by the security expert. The reports present the incident as part of ongoing security efforts by the army to curb arms trafficking in northern Nigeria.