Army captures 58 members of Boko Haram, weapons

58 Boko Haram followers fell last week in the cracks of Cameroonian forces. It is the culmination of a successful military search operation made possible with the assistance of the police, and Pette Kousséri between the Diamaré.

"They were immediately led forcibly to the gendarmerie station in the Far North. We must recognize that this operation was made possible through collaboration between forces of the National Gendarmerie Battalion and those of Early Intervention (BIR)," said a source under the condition of anonymity.

Other information drawn from a good source revealed that elements of BIR chased the armed group over several days before dismantling the entire network. It was likely their fuel was exhausted before ambushing the fifty Boko Haram fighters who had given up their weapons.

Their thorough search landed them on assault weapons, chariots and ammunition. The arsenal of war would have a significant firing range of at least 1500m, according to a source.

The Cameroonian army was also able to collect a total of 7,000,000 F from the terrorists. This new development occurred after the 12 November incident at the Chad-Cameroon border. That day, the Cameroonian police forces intercepted a stock of weapons carried on board a Peugeot 504 vehicle registered EN596AG.

The armory seized consisted of fifty assault weapons, 1 rocket launcher, hundreds of ammunition. A month earlier, in September 2014, people complained of terrorists in a luxurious villa in the neighborhood of Kodogo Kousséri.

The search of the premises revealed another arsenal: 5 submachine guns, 14 rifles, 24 rockets, 4 rocket launchers, 6 caliber weapons including Kalashnikovs, 60 empty magazines of Kalashnikovs, 4 automatic pistols (Pa), plus 500 9 mm ammunition, 469 12.7mm ammunition, 4,454 7.62 mm ammunition, 1,491 5.56 mm ammunition, 822 7.62 mm ammunition, 6 rifle grenades, 28 rocket launcher chargers, A Fal charger.

News from the front revealed other attacks length last weekend, especially in the district of Fotokol. The response of the army is strong every time.