Kaduna: Six suspected kidnappers, gunrunners in police net

Kaduna State Police Command has apprehended six suspected kidnappers and gunrunners successful a bid of operations crossed the state.

The constabulary unit besides recovered 4 locally-fabricated AK-47 rifles successful the process.

The Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, explained that the arrests were carried retired successful Kagarko, Lere, Ikara, Tafa, and Kauru section authorities areas successful the state, saying that the suspects see individuals linked to caller kidnapping activities and amerciable firearm possession.

The constabulary spokesperson stated that 1 of the suspects, Isa Ibrahim, 30, was apprehended connected April 17 astatine Gida Abe portion helium was hiding, stressing that during interrogation, Ibrahim confessed to being a subordinate of a kidnapping pack operating successful Kwara State earlier relocating to Kaduna to found a caller outfit aft his associates were arrested elsewhere.

According to him, “two different suspected kidnappers, Sani Liman and Murtala Magaji, were arrested connected the aforesaid time successful Lamido village, Lere LGA. They reportedly confessed to participating successful aggregate kidnapping incidents wrong the area, highlighting the ongoing menace posed by organized transgression groups.”

The crackdown, according to him, extended to firearm recoveries connected April 18, erstwhile constabulary officers raided Ikara and Kauru-Pambegua Road.

In Ikara, officers arrested Bajo, a nonmigratory of Vom Quarters, Jos, Plateau State, and Magaji Abdullahi of Bebeji LGA, Kano State, and some suspects were recovered successful possession of 2 locally-made AK-47 rifles.

He added that during a regular patrol on the Kauru-Pambegua Road, constabulary intercepted different radical of suspected gunrunners, seizing 2 further locally-fabricated rifles concealed wrong sacks.

“All the suspects are presently successful constabulary custody, cooperating with investigations. Authorities person assured the nationalist that efforts are ongoing to way down different accomplices who stay astatine large, arsenic portion of Kaduna’s intensified run against convulsive transgression and amerciable firearm proliferation,” helium explained.

Hassan stated that the police’s palmy operations underscored their committedness to ensuring information and information wrong the state, portion serving arsenic a stern informing to transgression elements operating successful the region.