17th October, 2024
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano
The Kano State Police Command says it arrested 1,274 criminal suspects at different locations within the state between January and September, 2024.
The Command also also says it recovered, among other items, 16 stolen vehicles within the same period.
Revealing this to our Correspondent was the Kano State spokesman Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. He said that the the wave of criminal activities had continued to come down in Kano due to sustained efforts of the police and synergy among sister-security agencies.
He listed the suspects to include: 81 suspected armed robbers; 16 suspected kidnappers; 56 suspected thieves; 22 suspected drug dealers; 10 suspected fraudsters.
Others were: 14) motorcycle thieves; 153 suspected thugs; 26 mobile phone snatchers; 11 motor vehicle thieves; three human trafficking suspects; and 882 suspects arrested during 1st to 10th August nationwide protest.
According to him, the Command recorded the rescue of five kidnapping victims; and 15 human trafficking victims.
Two AK-47 rifles, one berretta pistol, two dane gun, two toy guns and two locally-made guns, 47 live ammunitions, 16 motor vehicles, 17 solar batteries, 71 sharp knives and twenty-three (23) cutlasses, four sacks, 298 pieces of Exol tablets, 20 sachets of tramadol tablets, 58 sachets of diazepam tablets and six pieces of D5 hard drugs, were some of the items recovered during the period.
Other items recovered included: 132 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, 30 cows, 15 sheep and four donkeys, 45 ATM cards.
The Command also recovered ₦241,000.00 suspected to be counterfeit currency, 35,142,000:00, 226 mobile phones.