Troops on operation across the country have killed 148 terrorists and arrested 258 criminals including two weapons carriers.

The weapons carriers identified as Danweri and Abubakar Hamza were arrested in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

The Director of Defence Media Operations Maj-Gen Edward Buba announced this in a statement on Saturday.

Gen. Buba said troops rescued kidnap victims and recovered 146 weapons and 2,599 ammunition.

He said: “The breakdown is as follows: 2 PKT guns, 72 AK47 rifles, 33 fabricated rifles, 28 dane guns, 2 locally made SMG, 3 locally made pistols, 2 pump action guns, one RPG bomb, one RPG tube, 39 magazines.

“Others are 1,596 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 636 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 111 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammo, 114 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 25 rounds of 9mm ammo, 98 live cartridges, 3 baofeng radios, three vehicles, 36 motorcycles, 40 mobile phones and the sum of N1,838,000.00 amongst other items.”

According to the defence spokesman, troops in the Niger Delta area destroyed 66 illegal refining sites and arrested 51 oil thieves.

He said troops recovered 657,470 litres of stolen crude, 127,870 litres of illegally refined diesel and and 5,000 litres of Kerosene worth about 800 million naira.

“Other items discovered and destroyed are 68 crude oil cooking ovens, 13 dugout pits, 41 boats, 45 storage tanks, four speed boats, one pumping machine, 150 drums, one generator, two motorcycles, two mobile phones, one drone and five vehicles among others,” Gen. Buba said.