Police Arrest Suspected Bandits Attempting To Purchase AK-47 Rifles
By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
Operatives of the Kano state Police Command have intercepted heavily armed bandits on a mission in the state to purchase AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons.
Disclosing this in a statement on Saturday, the Command’s public relations officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, said the significant breakthrough was part of efforts to curb the infiltration of banditry and related crimes in the state.
According to him, four men were arrested, three of whom are from Katsina state, while their collaborator is from Kano. He added that all of them have been successfully apprehended and are currently in detention at the Command’s cell.
Narrating how the suspects were apprehended, Kiyawa revealed that at about 2:00 p.m., a team of police detectives led by SP Ahmad Abdullahi, Officer-in-Charge of Jar Kuka Out-Post, Kano, apprehended four suspected bandits at Chula Filling Station, Hotoro Quarters, Kano.
The suspects, Shukurana Salihu, 25, Rabi’u Dahiru, 35; Ya’u Idris, 30 and Muktar Sani, 30, were arrested based on credible intelligence that they were in Kano with the intent to purchase an AK-47 rifle.
He added that upon a thorough search, the following items were recovered: Three locally made revolver pistols, 12 live rounds of different calibers, 3 cartridges, 2 cutlasses, 4 knives, 24 pieces of ball bearings, and a cash sum of one million, twenty-eight thousand, and eight hundred naira (N1,028,800).
Kiyawa said the suspects are currently undergoing a discreet investigation at the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and will be charged to court for prosecution upon the completion of the investigation.
“This achievement is a testament to the Command’s commitment to tackling the infiltration of banditry in the state and other forms of criminality. We appreciate the support and cooperation of the public in our efforts to maintain law and order”, he said.
