Cameroon Customs Seize Large Quantity Of War Ammunitions That Were Being Transported From Maroua To Yaounde

Valiant, vigilant and committed elements of the Cameroon Customs who were on duty at the Customs Post at Tchabal, the entrance into Ngaoundere from the direction of Maroua,  at 3.20 am  in the night of Monday, October 28, 2024, uncovered and  impounded a large quantity of ammunitions in a  public transport bus. The bus left Maroua,, with the nation’s capital, Yaounde, as  the destination.

This information of the seizure of the ammunitions is contained in a communiqué issued by the Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Mataze. It should be noted that in Cameroon, the Customs Service in under the Ministry of Finance.

3,144 War Cartridges Or Bullets 

Minister Motaze in the communiqué said the ammunitions categorized as, ‘munitions de guerre’, that is, war ammunitions, were a total of 3,144 (Three thousand, one hundred and forty – four), bullets or cartridges.  The minister’s communiqué does not contain any other details, and so it is not known how the ammunitions were being transported, and the identity of the person who was transporting the ammunitions is also not known. It is not also known whether the Customs succeeded to arrest trafficker, or whether he escaped. It is also not known how the Customs came to discover the ammunitions, whether it was from a tip off or how.

Message Of Congratulations  

Whatever the case, the Minister of Finance in the communiqué addressed a well – deserved message of congratulations to the Customs Officers that discovered and seized the large stock of ammunitions at the Control Post at Tchabal, in the outskirt of Ngaoundere town, in the night of Monday, October 28. The minister said the act by the Customs Officers, demonstrates the importance of the participation of the Customs Administration in the national community of defence and security.  Minister Motaze encouraged the reinforcement of the synergy of action existing between the Customs, the Defence Forces and population, to preserve peace and security in Cameroon.

Meanwhile it is being suspected that the ammunitions that were seized, were smuggled into the country from neighbouring Nigeria. The Far North Regional Capital, Maroua, is not a long distance from the  border between Cameroon and Nigeria. It is also being suspected that the ammunitions were meant to be sold to criminal gangs, especially gangs of armed robbers and assassins,, that are spitting terror in many areas of the country,  especially in the nation’s capital city, Yaounde, as well as in the economic capital, Douala.