The Police Command in Kano State, said it arrested 2,931 suspects for alleged armed robbery, kidnapping, culpable homicide and other crimes in different parts of the state in 2023.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hussaini Gumel, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday, adding that all the suspects were prosecuted.
He said that the crimes were committed in 44 local government area of the state. He explained that operatives of the command arrested 337 suspected armed robbers, 55 suspected kidnappers, 65 suspected drug dealers and 68 suspected motor thieves.Other suspects were nabbed for theft of tricycle and fraud while some were thugs (Yan dabas).
” We have also received a total of 662 repentant thugs and rescued 25 kidnapping and 63 trafficking victims within the year under review.The Commissioner explained that the items recovered in the year included four AK rifles, one Barretta pistol, one anti-riot gunner, eight…
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