Officers of the Special Anti Robbery Squad attached to the Katsina State Police Command have arrested a notorious armed robbery kingpin, Dabo Hassan, 60, and five other suspects.
NAN reports that the suspects were alleged to have been terrorizing residents of Funtua, Sabuwa and Dandume Local Government Areas of the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Gambo Isa said in a statement on Monday in Katsina that the suspects were arrested on Saturday in Kilawa-Mahuta, Dandume Local Government Area, after a gun battle with the police.
Isa added that the suspects were subdued after a fierce encounter with the command’s SARS patrol team.
He said other suspects arrested were Muntari Jibrin, 25, Abdullahi Samu, 20, Tukur Mamman, 20, Babangida Saidu, 27, and Ishaka Yusuf, 20.
The command’s spokesman said the police recovered one AK 47 rifle with 19 rounds of ammunition, two locally made rifles and four empty magazines of AK47 rifle, army camouflaged, charms and mask.
He said the suspects had confessed to the crime and other cases of various armed robbery and kidnapping along Zaria-Funtua, Sabuwa and Dandume roads.
He added that effort was being intensified to arrest the other fleeing members of the team and recover their weapons.
Isa said that the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution after investigation.
