Cameroon military announced Wednesday it has confiscated over 800 illicit firearms from armed separatist forces in the Northwest, one of the two Cameroon’s English speaking regions.

“These firearms are used by the terrorists to attack the security forces. We have seized about 837. We have also dismantled many fabrication sites. We have also reinforced security in our borders where ammunition is imported,” commander of the Fifth Joint Military Region, Brigadier General Agha Robinson Ndong, told state media Cameroon Radio Television.