The Katsina State Police Command has recovered no fewer than 198 illegal arms from herdsmen and cattle rustlers in the state.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Wakili, made the disclosure at a press conference on Wednesday in Katsina.

He said the recoveries were sequel to the directives given by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to the commissioners of police and their supervising Assistant Inspectors General to that effect.

Wakili further stated that most of the arms were recovered from herdsmen, cattle rustlers and other criminals.

The CP explained that the arms included 20 AK47 rifles, 10 pistols, two G3 rifles, eight pump action rifles and two SMG.

Others were 70 locally made pistols, one locally made rifle, 80 locally made Dane guns, five double barrel guns, 840 ammunition and 50 magazines.

He assured that the police would continue to recover illegally acquired arms from the public.

Wakili said,

“We are calling on those who have not returned their illegally acquired arms to do so before the expiration of the deadline. We will continue to fight these criminal elements with a renewed vigour.’’ 

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