116 suspects arrested in Gombe for various crimes

The Gombe Police Command on Saturday said it has arrested 116 suspects for various crimes so far in 2018.

Commissiner of Police, Gombe State, Shina Olukolu, who disclosed this said between January and July 2018, the command had arrested 116 suspects for various crimes in the state, saying that all the suspects had been charged to court with 99 suspects convicted while 17 are awaiting trials.

He said several weapons were also recovered from the suspects, adding that “We recovered one gun, two locally made pistols, 250 cutlasses, 255 knives, 48 bow and arrows, 20 axes, 33 swords and three cartridges. Other items recovered include one fabricated master key, four motorcycles, two fake receipt booklets, six handsets, one Lenovo laptop, two handset chargers and one power bank,”

According to him, the proactive measures of Gombe police command against crimes in all parts of the state was yielding the expected positive results.

The Police Commisioner said the command has initiated strategies aimed at nipping crimes in the bud through a monitoring network system that feeds the command with the needed information to arrest criminals anywhere in the state.

“With our strong monitoring network system, we have been able to get the necessary information to detect different crimes in the state. This has given the command the successes that have recorded so far.

He emphasised that the successes recorded so far in 2018 was a result of the synergy between the police, other security agencies and the peace loving people of Gombe.

Olukolu appealed to the citizens of the state to always provide useful information to allow the police serve the public better, in a statement.