Police recovers ammunition in Kano, traces source to neighbouring countries

The Kano State Police Command has disclosed that a ample percent of arms and ammunition being recovered from transgression suspects were imported from neighboring countries.

Besides, the bid said implicit 3,000 kidnapping, banditry, and transgression suspects person been apprehended and prosecuted successful the past year.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel stated this connected Thursday portion reeling retired achievements of the bid nether his ticker wrong 1 year.

While giving a breakdown CP Usaini said the Command has recovered blase arms and ammunition including Six (6) AK-47 Rifles, One (1) SMG Rifle, Three (3) Barretta Pistol, One (1) Anti-Riot Gunner, Eight (8) Double Barrel Guns, Two (2) Makarov Pistol and Five (5) English Pistol from the suspected transgression successful the state.

He besides said it arrested and prosecuted much than 3 1000 (3,000) suspected criminals and charged with offenses ranging from kidnapping, banditry, equipped robbery, quality trafficking, illicit cause dealings, thuggery, and different societal vices.

“Other heinous crimes see kidnapping, the menace of infiltration of bandits on borderline LGAs, particularly Falgore and Danshoshiya forests, the buying and selling of minors, centrifugal vehicles theft, cross-border organized crimes, and illicit cause dealings, among others.

“In compliance with the directive and imaginativeness of the Inspector General of Police. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, to each Police Commands and Formations to instrumentality assorted problem-solving initiatives specified arsenic the Community Policing attack to tackle emerging assemblage crimes, the Police Command successful Kano took the bull by the horn.

“After reviewing the transgression signifier and conducted transgression mapping of the State, we drew up the enactment program which centered astir robust assemblage policing engagements with applicable stakeholders, synergizing with the subject and different information agencies, and the usage of some kinetic and non-kinetic approaches.

“It is done these corporate efforts that we succeeded successful warring and bringing down the question of transgression and criminality successful the State.

“Also, arsenic a effect of employing these approaches, the Command received and profiled a full of six 100 and twenty-three (623) repentant thugs, took them disconnected the streets and presently transitioning them distant from beingness of crime.

“Some of them person since been engaged by the State Government into practicing assorted life-changing empowerment programs. Additionally, the Command arrested and prosecuted much than 3 1000 (3,000+) suspected criminals and charged with offenses ranging from kidnapping, banditry, equipped robbery, quality trafficking, illicit cause dealings, thuggery, and different societal vices.

“The recoveries include, Six (6) AK-47 Rifles, One (1) SMG Rifle, Three (3) Barretta Pistol, One (1) Anti-Riot Gunner, Eight (8) Double Barrel Guns, Two (2) Makarov Pistol and Five (5) English Pistol

“Others include, Fifty-four (54) Locally Made Guns, Forty-four (44) Dane Guns, Fourteen (14) Toy Guns, Eighty-three (83) Live Ammunitions and Thirty (30) Cartridges.

“We are tracing the sources of the arms and ammunition beyond shores of the country,” CP Gumel stated.

The Police Commissioner said the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun is satisfied with the discharge of work of the bid whose effort has yielded affirmative results successful simplification of transgression arsenic the authorities is adjudge astir peaceful authorities wherever residents could slumber with their 2 eyes closed.