roops destroy insurgents’ fish smuggling cartel, kill 4

Troops of 145 and 158 Task Force Battalions, 5 Brigade Nigerian Army, have smashed a fish smuggling ring perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists to fund their criminal activities.
According to the spokesperson 8 Task Force Division, Col. Timothy Antigha, “the success was recorded during a joint ambush operation conducted in Julari village, along Kareto – Damasak road, Borno State.”
He said the troops also killed four terrorists during the operation.
“They recovered 1 AK 47 riffle, 1 Toyota Hilux pick up, 3 Motorcycles, 35 bags of dry fish, 1 bag of bush meat, three bags of sugar and 60 litres of engine oil. Unfortunately, we lost a soldier during the operation,” he said.

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