The police command has intercepted strongly armed bandits on a mission in the state to buy AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons.
The great advance, according to the PPRO, SP abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, was part of the efforts to stop the infiltration of bandider and crimes related in the state.
He said that four men were arrested, three of them are from the state of Katsina, while his collaborator is from Kano. All of them have been arrested successfully and are currently being held in the command cell.
“Around 2:00 pm, a team of police detectives led by SP Ahmad Abdullahi, an officer by Jar Kuka Post, Kano, arrested four alleged bandits at the Culo Filling Station, Hotoro Quarters, Kano.
“The suspects, namely, Shukurana Salihu, 25 years old; Rabi'u Dahiru, 35 years old; Ya'u Idris, 30, all in the state of Katsina, and Muktar Sani, 30, from Yandodo Hotoro Quarters, Kano, were arrested according to the credible intelligence that they were in Kano with the intention of buying an AK-47 rifle.
He added that in an exhaustive search, the following elements were recovered:
Three revolver guns made locally, 12 live rounds of different calibers
Three cartridges, two cutlery, four knives, 24, pieces of ball bearings, sum of one million, twenty -eight thousand and eight hundred Naira (N1,028,800).
Haruna Kiyawa said that the suspects are currently undergoing discreet investigation in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and that the Courts will be commissioned by the prosecution at the end of the investigation.
“This achievement is a testimony of the commitment of the command to address bandider infiltration in the state and other forms of crime. We appreciate the support and cooperation of the public in our efforts to maintain the law and order. “