No fewer than 21 suspected armed robbers, cattle rustlers, and drug dealers were arrested by men of the Jigawa State Police Command.
Confirming this, the spokesman of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, said the arrest followed a directive from the state Commissioner of Police, Effiom Emmanuel Ekot, to DPOs to sustain raids in all black spots and criminal hideouts in their areas.
Criminals in Hadejia, Ringim, Bamaina, Gwaram, Kafin Hausa, Babura, and Guri local government areas of the state were arrested during the raid, Adam disclosed.
Furthermore, the people in the police’s custody were suspected armed robbers, vandals, cattle rustlers, phone snatchers, thieves, and drug traffickers were arrested.
According to him, items recovered by police include 242 pieces of Red Sun solution, 251 wraps of dry weed suspected to be cannabis, armour cables, and other stolen properties.
Adam said the suspects will be arraigned in court at the conclusion of ongoing investigations.
READ ALSO: UNICAL Professor Under Investigation Over Allegations Of Sexual Harassment
Meanwhile, Katsina State Police Command says its operatives killed suspected terrorists and recovered one AK-47 rifle along with 110 rounds of 7.62MM live ammunition.
They also recovered 60 sheep rustled by the hoodlums.
The command’s spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, who disclosed this in a statement, said the hoodlums had on the 15th August, 2023, in large numbers, invaded Korogo village via Daddara, Jibia LGA of Katsina State, shooting sporadically and eventually rustled some animals.
Upon receipt of the report, the DPO Jibia mobilized a team of Police operatives to the scene and engaged the bandits in a fierce gun duel, forcing them to abandon their heinous mission, disappearing into the bush.
However, while combing the scene, ASP Sadiq said, “the neutralized body of one of the suspected terrorists, sixty (60) rustled sheep, as well as one AK-47 rifle with one hundred and ten (110) rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, were recovered. Investigation is ongoing.”