No fewer than One Hundred and Ninety Seven (197) suspects have been arrested by the police in Kano for various offences ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, car and tricycle snatching.
The suspects were arrested between March 11th and May 15th from various operation locations within the state by the operatives of Operation Puff-Adder of the command.
DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) who disclosed this to newsmen late Friday attributed the achievement to cooperation enjoyed from residents through the command’s community policing strategies.
He said among the suspects were twelve armed robbers, five kidnappers, as well as one hundred and fifteen suspected thugs.
Others were Seven car snatchers from whom four cars, two tricycles, seven motorcycles and two bicycles were recovered.
Kiyawa added that four drugs dealers were also arrested and one hundred and sixty two (162) parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp valued at eight hundred and ten thousand Naira (N810,00.00) and eleven cartons of codeine expectorant valued at nine hundred and thirty five thousand naira (N935,000.00) were recovered.
He said six assorted fire arms were recovered from the suspects including one AK 47 rifle with thirty rounds of live ammunition, two pump action guns with three hundred and twenty one (321) live cartridges, one (1) double barrel gun with sixty-six (66) pellets and two locally made guns.
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