Three suspects have been arrested for allegedly supplying Sim Packs, drugs, illegal substances and sexual enhancers to bandits in Gusau Zamfara.
The trio were apprehended by the Zamfara Government’s Anti-Thuggery Standing Committee on Saturday, during a night patrol.
NigeriaCrime.com gathered that around midnight, operatives of the committee intercepted a vehicle along Gusau-Magami road from which they recovered 100 new Sim packs, Kurkura substances, snuff, sexual enhancers and drugs.
Confirming the arrest, the Chairman of the Committee, Bello Bakyasuwa, while handing over the suspects to security agencies in Gusau on Sunday, October 23, 2022, said the Zamfara Government recently established the Anti-Thuggery Standing Committee to complement security agencies in the fight against activities of political thuggery and other criminal collaborators in the state. After establishing this committee with representatives from security agencies by Gov. Bello Matawalle, we were given mandates to fight against thuggery activities and other related crimes in the state.”
“On Saturday, during a night patrol around midnight, we intercepted a vehicle along Gusau-Magami road from which we recovered 100 new Sim packs, Kurkura substances, snuff, sexual enhancers and drugs.
“The state government has banned night movement in the areas the vehicle was heading to. One of our duties is to ensure total compliance with the government’s directives in that regard.
Bakyasuwa also disclosed that the committee has also arrested three other suspects for alleged phone snatching.
According to him, on Saturday evening, we also arrested three young men for attacking celebrants at an event in Tudun Wada area of Gusau metropolis. Hoodlums in Gusau metropolis now adopt a new strategy of phone snatching at ceremonies. After receiving a report of a similar act in Tudun Wada area, we were able to arrest three suspects and recovered many handsets from them,”
“Other suspects are now at large but our men have been working to arrest them,” he noted.