Police Command Headquarters Kano on Friday paraded 156 suspected criminals for various offenses.
Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Shua’ibu Dikko, who briefed newsmen, said 14 kidnap victims were rescued and firearms and goods recovered during raids on the criminals.
Among the suspects paraded by police were 18 armed robbers, eight kidnappers, 10 cattle rustlers, seven drug dealers, 13 motor thieves, five fraudsters and 95 thugs referred to in local parlance as ‘Yan Daba.’
One of the suspected car thieves, popularly known as Alabukun, was arrested for the sixth time. Dikko said this time the police see to it that he and his sponsors are punished according to the law this time.
Items recovered by the police included: 10 rifles, 16 vehicles, 16 tricycles, three motorcycles, five cows, 76 knives, 34 handsets, five new air conditioners, three bags and 26 parcels of Indian Hemp valued at N2.1 million.
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Other recovered items included 18 cartons of expired Diclofenac tablets, 44 packets of Tramadol tablets, 33 packets of Diazapam tablets, 53 Red Sun Robber Solution and 235 pieces of Suck and Die.
“We have sustained raids on criminal hideouts and black spots, incorporated stratified community policing engagements, intelligence-led and visibility policing, rapid response to distress calls, massive campaigns against drug abuse and thuggery; full adherence to the ethics of the force and synergy with sister security agencies and community policing stakeholders.”
It is earlier reported on 12 march that, Kano State Police Command on Friday says it has arrested no fewer than 101 suspects in connection with kidnapping and other various criminal offences in the state.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Sumaila Dikko stated this while parading the suspects in the Bompai police command headquarters in Kano.
CP Dikko said the suspects were arrested within a period of 2 weeks between 26th February to 12th March, 2021.
He gave the breakdown of the arrest as 27 Armed Robbery suspects, 14 Kidnap suspects, 6 Fraudsters, 3 Drug Dealers, 5 Motor Vehicle Thieves and Forty-Six thugs.
The Police Commissioner however vowed to sustain the tempo in decimating all criminal activities in the State.
According to him, “In our effort to effectively Police the State, we have sustained the Puff Adder Operations, robust Community Policing Engagements, Intelligence-led and Visibility Policing, sustained synergy with other security agencies, massive campaigns against Drug Abuse (Kwaya) and Thuggery (Daba) and full adherence to the ethics of the force.
“Within the period of two weeks, from 26th February 2021 to 12th March, 2021, the Command arrested One Hundred and One (101) Suspects for various offences ranging from Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Fraud and Thuggery.
“We also recovered six (6) Rifles including two 92) AK-47 Rifles, Sixteen (16) Motor Vehicles, Three (3) Tricycles, Nine (9) Motorcycles and Thirty Six (36) Knives.
“Similarly, we recovered One Hundred and Thirty (130) Parcels of Dried Leaves suspected to be Indiana Hemp valued at N2.6 million, Fifty Seven (57) Cartons of Expired Diclofenac Tablets and Hi-sense Television.
“We will sustain the tempo in decimating all criminal activities in the State.
“Security is everybody’s business and therefore, we urge you to continue to give all necessary support and cooperation,” the Commissioner of Police, CP Dikko however stated.
