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Police Nabs Suspected Bandit And 2 Gunrunners In Kaduna

The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed the arrest of a suspected bandit and two gunrunners in the state.

This was made known in a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige on Sunday in Katsina, as he disclosed that the suspected bandit was arrested on Oct. 2, at Sabon Gayan along Kaduna-Abuja highway.

“The Police command had on Oct 2, at about 1330hrs while acting on an actionable intelligence around Sabon Gaya along Kaduna-Abuja road, intercepted a Sharon vehicle with Reg. No. MNA 819 NT driven by the suspect. The suspect was driving from Minna and heading to Katsina State through Kaduna.

“Upon a thorough search of the said vehicle, the following were recovered: one assault rifle,18 rifle magazines, and 241 rounds of live ammunition,” Jalige said.

He also disclosed that the command had arrested a gunrunner on Oct 5, and recovered ammunition from him.

“The operatives, while acting on cogent intelligence had on Oct 5, intercepted a gunrunner of Yan Siminti village of Niger and the suspect, who is a native of Plateau state, was on his way to Katsina State to deliver 280 rounds of 7.62 X 39mm caliber live ammunition,” he said.

Ayoku reiterated the need to strengthen effective collaboration to turn the tide against Nigeria’s collective enemies and reclaim the public space from them.

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