Police recover guns, arrest robbery suspects in Jigawa

Jigawa State Police Command said it has recovered four AK-47 riffles, with 209 rounds of ammunition from criminals between January and December 2020.

The command also said it has arrested 14 armed robbery suspects, five kidnap suspects and foiled two kidnap attempts within the period under review.

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Briefing journalists on Thursday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Usman Sule Gomna, said the command recovered seven motor vehicles, 30 cows, 22 sheep and three goats and an unspecified amount of counterfeit currency, including United States Dollars, and various denominations of naira notes.

The police boss blamed the rise in kidnap cases in the state this year on coronavirus pandemic, which kept people indoors.