The Army general also spoke of the death of some fleeing terrorists in a battle. Many SKS rifles during the Vietnam War were issued with reddish plastic. “During the operation, we also discovered one generator, one Hilux vehicle and several motorcycles. Rhodes (Gene Hackman) wakes the men up with his carbine. In addition we got 1/81 NATO tube that was wrapped in cellophane and buried on the ground. These ammunitions were all concealed in plastic containers which we recovered. “We also got 5/20 lethal brief case as well as a mixture of 7.6 mm NATO and 7.62mm special. 50MM which is equivalent to 12.7mm buried concealed as though it was a grave. “This operation was in conjunction with the Civilian JTF because they led us through the routes. “We conducted some various scale of operation as well as specific operations that led to the recovery of arms cache in the village called Gursum, around Alagarno general area and there we had a very sterling discovery of Boko Haram terrorists burying large quantities of ammunition on the ground”, he said. Irabor, who spoke to journalists in Biu, Southern Borno State during an ongoing tour of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, said the discovery was made three days ago when his men received some hint regarding the activities of Boko haram terrorists before they fled from Alagarno. Irabor, a Major General, said the quantum of ammunition recovered is capable of deflating the morale of a full battalion if it remains in the hands of a capable enemy. Select from 1664 premium Weapons Cache of the highest quality. The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Leo Irabor, said but for the vigilance of soldiers the grave, which concealed a cache of high calibre ammunition, worth over N20 million, would have remained unnoticed. Find the perfect Weapons Cache stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. The Nigeria Army on Sunday disclosed the recovery of large cache of arms buried in the hinterlands of Borno State at a spot made to look like a graveyard.
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