The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 29 suspects and recovered firearms, stolen vehicles and illicit drugs during a series of coordinated operations conducted over the past two weeks as part of efforts to combat violent crimes across the state.
Speaking at a press briefing in Kaduna, the Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Rabiu, said the successes were recorded through intelligence-driven policing, collaboration with sister security agencies and information supplied by residents.
He disclosed that those arrested include 12 suspected kidnappers, 13 persons linked to murder cases and four suspected vehicle thieves, while four stolen vehicles were also recovered during the operations.
One of the major breakthroughs, according to the commissioner, followed an operation on June 5 in which police operatives tracked a group of suspected bandits to a forest hideout in Sagamu, Ogun State after receiving intelligence on the movement of illegal arms.
The six suspects arrested in the operation were identified as Bukar Bulama, Abubakar Mohammad, Mohammad Usman, Ibrahim Sani, Aliyu Usman and Dan Bello Umaru. Officers recovered two AK-47 rifles, a pump-action shotgun, a locally fabricated pistol, 10 rounds of 9mm ammunition and four cartridges from the hideout.
Rabiu said the suspects had been brought back to Kaduna to face further investigation and prosecution.
In another operation, detectives attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Zaria apprehended Yahya Alhaji Yusuf on May 28 over allegations bordering on kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling and banditry.
Police said the suspect admitted to abducting two people along the Buruku axis and collecting
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