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The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three Katsina-Nasarawa interstate suspected gunrunners in the State.
Parading the suspects before newsmen on Friday at the command headquarters, the PPRO, ASP Abubakar Sadiq said the ‘’command achieved a significant breakthrough in its fight against armed banditry and gunrunning.
“On 29th August 2024, at about 1245 hours, our operatives arrested three suspected notorious gunrunners and recovered a large cache of live ammunition.”
The suspects, identified as Ahmed Mohammed Kabir, 25, of Hayin Danmani quarters, Kaduna State, Mannir Musa, 25, of Dutsinma town, Dutsinma LGA, Aliyu Iliya, 25, of Dankauye village via Ummadau, Safana LGA, Katsina State as according to him were apprehended at Dutsinma town, Dutsinma LGA, while attempting to deliver 740 rounds of live 7.62mm ammunition to suspected armed bandits in Yauni forest, Ummadau village, Safana LGA of Katsina State.
Punch learnt that the suspects received the ammunition from Nasarawa State to deliver to one Harisu, a suspected notorious armed bandits kingpin, currently at large.
He said the trio had confessed to their involvement just as they identified the terrorist kingpin, Harisu as the mastermind.
Sadiq said, “The command is working tirelessly to apprehend more suspects and bring them to justice. This achievement demonstrates our commitment to combating armed banditry and gunrunning in Katsina State and beyond.
“On the 27th August 2024, the command succeeded in arresting the trio of Abubakar Ibrahim, m, age 35, of Dunawa village, Niger Republic, Abdullahi Nafi’u, m, age 35, Madalla quarters, Abuja, and Adam Musa, m, age 36, of Kano State, in connection with a suspected case of armed robbery at Baure LGA of Katsina State.
“The fact of the case is that on 3rd August 2024, the command received a complaint that on the same date at about 0130 hrs, a three-man gang of suspected armed robbers criminally conspired and attacked the residence of one Ukashatu Isah, m, of Kofar Arewa quarters, Baure LGA, Katsina State, where they robbed him of his two mobile phones, one Samsung Galaxy M32 and one Itel A12, at gunpoint. Also, the suspects, using the stolen mobile phones, criminally transferred a total sum of six million naira (6,000,000.00) from the victim’s bank account into three different bank accounts.
“Upon receipt of the report, promptly, detectives swung into action, where they successfully traced and arrested the trio in connection with the offence. During the investigation, the suspects confessed to the commission of the offense and would soon be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigations”.
