Nigerian Military Seizes Arms-Laden Russian Plane Bound For Chad

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Premium Times is reporting that a Nigeria military has intercepted a Russian plane loaded with large amount of arms and ammunition, bound for neighboring Chad. A security source told PT that the plane was seized early yesterday Saturday Dec. 6th at the Aminu Kano International Airport.

The aircraft, which was headed for N’djamena, the capital of Chad, landed in Kano at about 2a.m. Nigerian time, the source said. All crew members of the aircraft have been detained by Nigerian forces.

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