Chadian security forces, announced that they have seized a large weapons
cache including guns, rockets and ammunition in a house in N’Djamena
occupied by suspected members of the Boko Haram.
The officials said the weapons, buried under the courtyard of the house in
the eastern neighbourhood of Guinebor, were destined for northern Nigeria.
One of the investigators said on condition of anonymity, that they were
part of the weapons that Baana Fanaye, Boko Haram’s logistics chief for
northern Cameroon and Chad, was preparing to send to Nigeria.
He said the revelation came during an investigation after Fanaye was
arrested in a raid by Chadian police in June.
State prosecutor Alghassim Khamis said the latest arms cache, discovered
on Thursday, was found hidden in one of the houses raided on June 27.
He said Chadian authorities arrested 60 suspected militants on June 27 and
dismantled their suicide attacks cells.
Khamis said two days later, five officers and six militants were killed
during a raid on an arms cache.