No fewer than 82 suspects have been arrested by the Kano State command of the Nigeria Police Force in connection with various crimes committed in the state from November 1 to 14, 2024.
Disclosing details of the arrest during at the command’s headquarters, Bompai, Kano, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said the arrests resulted from a crime-busting strategy adopted by the command.
Crimes allegedly committed by the suspects include kidnapping, armed robbery, thuggery, phone snatching and drug dealings.
He said, “The implementation of these strategies have yielded positive results as they led to the crackdown on criminal networks such as curtailing remnants of thuggery (Daba) activities within Kano Metropolis.
“Other are dismantling of armed robbery syndicates along Jigawa-Kano and Bauchi-Kano borders and foiling kidnapping incidents along Kaduna-Kano and Katsina-Kano borders.
“These operations conducted resulted in the arrest of a total of 82 suspects and recovery of firearms, dangerous weapons, illicit drugs and stolen properties.
“Items recovered from the criminals included one AK-47 rifle and three locally made guns, 13 cutlasses and 16 knives.
Others are: Three motorcycles, one tricycle, 50 sachets of diazepam tablets, 42 sachets of tramadol tablets, 24 parcels, 175 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be hemp and 10 mobile phones,’’ he said.
