The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered an illegal firearms manufacturing facility in Kaduna State. 

Operatives recovered finished guns and materials meant for producing more weapons, and arrested the owner of the facility.

The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a narco-trend update on his X handle on Sunday. According to him, the raid took place in the Sabon Garin Kangin area of Kaduna “some days ago”, and officers stumbled on the factory in the course of the operation.

Babafemi said the discovery underscores the link between drug trafficking, substance abuse and other criminal activities, and shows how such offences often intersect. The NDLEA has yet to release the owner’s identity, the number or types of firearms recovered, or details of the equipment seized.

The agency is primarily mandated to fight illicit drugs, but it has in the past made arrests when weapons or ammunition turned up during raids and checkpoint operations. Illegal gun fabrication has remained a persistent security concern in parts of Kaduna State and the wider North-West and North-Central regions, where the proliferation of small arms continues to fuel banditry, kidnapping and communal violence.