Police arrest 82 suspects in Kano in 2 weeks for crime
The police command in Kano State, says it arrested no fewer than 82 suspects in connection with Kidnapping, armed robbery and fraud within the last two weeks.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna said this when he briefed newsmen on behalf of the State Police Commissioner, Mr Salman Dogo Garba at the command Headquarters Bompai, Kano.
He said the suspects were apprehended as a result of various operations which yielded position results as they led to the crackdown on criminal networks such as curtailing remnants of thuggery (Daba) activities within Kano Metropolis, dismantling of Armed Robbery syndicates along Jigawa-Kano and Bauchi-Kano borders and decimating of Kidnapping incidents along Kaduna-Kano and Katsina-Kano borders.
“These operations resulted in the arrest of a total of eighty-two suspects and recovery of firearms, dangerous weapons, illicit drugs and stolen properties,” he said.
He said among those apprehended included 13 armed robbery suspects, two suspected kidnappers, 12 suspected drug dealers and five suspected fraudsters.
Other were two motorcycle thieves, 13 suspected thieves and 35 suspected thugs (Yan Daba).
According to him, items recovered from the suspects included one AK-47 Rifle and Three Locally Made Guns, 13 Cutlasses,16 Knives, three Motorcycles and one Tricycle
Also recovered were 50 Sachet of Diazepam Tablets, 42 Sachet of Tramadol Tablets, 175 Wraps of Dried Leaves Suspected to be Indian Hemp, 10 mobile phones and 307 Sachet of Pregabalin Tablets, among others.
“These achievements demonstrated the commitment and dedication of the Command to maintaining law and order and our strategies are yielding the desired results.
He restated the commitment of the Command to continue to strengthen its multifaceted strategies that revolved around community policing, strategic communication in sensitizing the public on security matters, intelligence-led policing as well as targeted clearance operations that have effectively dismantle criminal networks’ operation especially along border Local Government Areas of the State.
