Nigeria, April 20 -- The police in Cross River State have arrested a 60-year-old man, Okon William, for alleged involvement in illegal arms trafficking in the Odukpani Local Government Area of the state.

Eitokpah Sunday, the police spokesperson in Cross River, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, 20 April.

He said two locally fabricated long guns were recovered from the suspect.

According to the statement, operatives of the Command's Anti-Kidnapping Unit acted on credible intelligence about the suspect's activities in the Ubanbat community and arrested him on 19 April at about 5:00 p.m.

"Upon arrest, the suspect was subjected to a thorough search, which led to the recovery of two locally fabricated long guns concealed in his posse...