Police arrest 132 armed robbery suspects, illegal drug dealers and kidnappers in Kano
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The Kano State Police Command has arrested 132 suspects on suspicion of kidnapping, armed robbery and illegal drug trafficking in different parts of the state in two months.
“From January till date, we have arrested 65 suspected thugs (Yandaba), 22 suspected thieves, 25 suspected drug peddlers, 11 suspected kidnappers, illegal forex suspects and illegal forex suspects in different parts of the state. Nine suspected peddlers were arrested.
The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday that the command also arrested car thieves, motorcycle thieves, three-wheeler thieves, suspected human traffickers, suspected fraudsters and others during the period. .
Gumel also revealed that the command rescued four kidnap victims and two human trafficking victims during the period, and recovered goods and items.
These include two AK-47 rifles, one indigenous pump-action rifle and four live rounds.
He said that from January 1 till date, there has been a significant reduction in all forms of serious crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling, motor vehicle theft, drug dealing and assault across the state.
“What used to be a threat of armed robbery using mobile phones day and night is now a thing of the past, with no record of it in the past two months.
“The police command has been supported to fight the public outcry over more than two decades of missing children, kidnappings and abductions of minors.
“This trend has been largely overcome with continued efforts to recover more and reunite children with their biological parents,” he said.
Gumel also said the command was able to destroy and dismantle a transnational car thief syndicate by arresting and recovering a large number of vehicles.
“The chain of illegal drug trade has also been dismantled. Many drug dealers have been arrested and some illegal drugs have been recovered in large quantities.
Gumel said the command conducted a series of raids and joint operations in collaboration with sister security forces against banditry along the 17 frontier border local government areas of the state.
He said this has resulted in the elimination of camps and hideouts where they used to invade soft target locations and has significantly reduced banditry, kidnapping and related crimes.
He also said seasonal farmer-herder clashes prevalent in Makoda, Sumaila and Tudun Wada local government areas have been curbed due to continued police operations in the area.
“Strong collaborative policing and sustained synergy with all security agencies in the state is one of the means to the positive results that the Police Command is achieving.
“All these achievements by the Kano State Police Command are the result of adherence and follow-up to the vision, mission and guidance of IGP Egbetokun.
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Source: guardian.ng