The Kaduna Police Command bomb squad has uncovered military-grade unexploded ordnance and recovered arms and ammunition at a scrap depot in the Kudendan Industrial Layout of Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state.

The development has sparked security concerns and triggered a fresh crackdown on waste consignments from conflict-ridden Borno State.

The discovery, which was made on Saturday, August 2, 2025, followed an intelligence report that suspicious items—believed to be unexploded bombs—had been found in a shipment of scrap transported from the North-East.

Confirming the incident in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Mansir Hassan, said “On 2nd August 2025, acting on credible intelligence received, the Command was alerted to the presence of suspicious items believed to be Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) at a scavenger’s company located around the Kudandan Industrial Area in Kaduna South Local Government Area.