Bauchi state police command has arrested four suspected armed robbers and 60 Sara-Suka thugs across the state.
The suspects were paraded at the police headquarters in Bauchi.
According to the police spokesperson, DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar, the arrests were made as part of the sustained efforts by the state police Commissioner, CP Habu Sani Ahmadu, to rid the state of criminal elements.
He said that the robbery suspects were arrested on June 2nd, 2019 by the Command’s tactical team of the Operations Puff Adder.
“Acting on credible intelligence, the police arrested the duo of Audu Daniel ‘m’ 29years of Gboko LGA, Benue state and John Samuel ‘m’ 22years of Orlu LGA, Imo state at Kofar Gombe area of Bauchi metropolis and recovered one motor vehicle, Lexus Jeep RX 350, 2007 model, ash colour, with chassis number 2T2GK31U37100 and registration number Lagos EPE 734 EU valued at N4million.
“The suspects freely confessed to have robbed the vehicle along with three others on the same date at about 0900hrs from a woman, at Forest, along Abuja – Jos highway,” the police spokesman said.
He noted that after a search on the vehicle, the police team recovered an Infinix phone belonging to the robbed victim.
According to him, a Photocopy of the vehicle invoice bearing the name of Linda Onyinye Anakwe of No. 51 Rukuba Jos Plateau State, a pair of clothes, seven (7) necklaces and other documents were recovered from the suspects.
He said that two more suspects Ikenna Okoronkwo of Janta Adamu, Jos Plateau state and Solomon Ijika of Federal Lowcost area were also arrested on June 3rd, 2019.
Datti said in another raid, 60 Sara-Suka thugs were arrested while two knives, 11 machetes and 8 sachets of assorted illicit drugs were recovered from the suspects.
He said the raid was carried out by combined efforts of the Command’s Puff Adder team of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU), State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), ‘A’ Division and Volunteer Members in identified criminal hotspots in Bauchi metropolis between June 2nd and June 4th, 2019.
