Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers yesterday conducted an intelligence-led operation which led to the discovery of one 9mm sub-machine gun with twenty matching rounds, one AK-47 magazine with twenty 7.62 x 39 rounds and a bulky parcel which contained a quantity of leaves, seed and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The firearm and ammunition, along with the suspected narcotic were escorted to CANU’s headquarters. The suspected narcotic tested positive for cannabis and weighed 2.494 kgs.
Investigations are ongoing, a release from CANU said last night.