How we arrested 25 thugs – Kaduna police

The Kaduna State Police Command  says that its operatives  have  arrested 25 members of a gang of thugs called ‘sara suka’ operating in different communities across the state.

The command Police Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan said in a statement that out of the 25 suspects arrested, 16 of them were nabbed in thee Rigasa axis. They were arrested with weapons .

Hassan said to fight thuggery and theft and other social vices, the command had set up the Anti Vice Unit.

He said, “The unit which is referred to as the Anti Vice Unit has since started operating and will be liaising with all the divisions to diligently handle all cases of thuggery, phone snatching, drug and illicit substances consumption and peddling, possessing weapons.

“Consequently, no fewer than 25 persons have been arrested across the metropolis about the aforesaid offences with 16 among them arrested within Rigasa axis and charged for thuggery (sara-suka) and had weapons.

“The Commissioner of Police thus charged the new outfit to make Kaduna State, especially the metropolis safe for the populace by continuously denying these urchins any operating space. He equally called on parents and guardians to warn their wards to desist from any act of delinquency.”