Zamfara State Police Command on Tuesday said they had foiled robbery by armed bandits along Gusau -Tsafe – Funtua road forcing the armed men to abandon 14 motorbikes.
The state commissioner of police Mr Abutu Yaro said the command received a distress call through the DPO Tsafe Division that armed bandits numbering about 100 blocked Tsafe – Funtua Road with the intention to rob innocent commuters.
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“On receipt of the report, the DPO mobilised a combined team of Special Forces and Conventional Policemen to the scene.
“After a serious gun duel, the bandits fled to the bush with possible gun wounds and left their 14 operational motorcycles and other bags containing their clothes and military camouflage,” Mr Yaro added.
He said the case was being investigated at the state CID and that effort to arrest the fleeing suspects had been intensified.
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