The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested 17 suspected kidnappers and rescued five victims unhurt.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated this while parading the suspects on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Baba Maiyaki, on Thursday in Lafia.
Nansel said that the suspects were arrested during various operations across the state between Feb. 10 and April 19, based on intelligence.
He said that five victims were rescued unhurt from the various operations, with four arms and eight rounds of live ammunition recovered from the suspects.
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Nansel said investigation revealed that some of the suspects were responsible for the series of kidnapping on Nasarawa Eggon-Akwanga road, parts of Lafia and environs as well as in the southern axis of the state.
The police spokesman said that the command had also arrested five suspects for alleged armed robbery and two others for alleged cattle rustling.
He said that all the suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.
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