The Kano State Police Command has arrested 362 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in the state in 2021.
This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna and issued to newsmen in Kano on Sunday.
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He said that out of the number, 237 were suspected armed robbers, while the remaining 125 were suspected kidnappers.
Haruna said that the police also arrested 158 drug dealers, 89 fraudsters, 75 vehicle thieves, 49 tricycle thieves, 10 motorcycle thieves and 35 cattle rustlers.
He noted that the Command had also arrested 1,576 thugs popularly known as “Yan Daba” during the period under review.
The PPRO explained that the police were able to rescue 39 kidnapped victims and eight victims of human trafficking during the period.
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“The police recorded 29 cases of culpable homicide, with 31 victims killed.
“Similarly, the Command has recorded 71 reported cases of rape, 84 cases of unnatural offence and arrested two suspected Book Haram members,” he said.
He said that the police had recovered 75 rifles, 54 locally made guns and large quantity of ammunition from the suspected criminals .
Haruna said that they were able to recover 125 vehicles, 94 tricycles and 54 motorcycles during the period under review.
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He added that other items recovered were 1,718 SIM cards, 52 cattle, nine sheep and cannabis sativa, among others.
The police spokesman commended officers and men of the command, the public, the media and sister security agencies for their continuous support.
