By Abdullahi Yusuf
The police command in Kano State has arrested 82 suspects in connection with various crimes committed in the state from November 1 to November 14, 2024.
The suspects include kidnappers, armed robbery, thugs, phone snatchers and drug dealers.
Addressing newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Bompai, Kano, on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the arrests were a result of a crime busting strategy adopted by the command.
“The implementation of these strategies have yielded positive results as they led to the crackdown on criminal networks such as curtailing remnants of thuggery (Daba) activities within Kano Metropolis, dismantling of Armed Robbery syndicates along Jigawa-Kano and Bauchi-Kano borders and decimating of Kidnapping incidents along Kaduna-Kano and Katsina-Kano borders.
“These operations conducted resulted in the arrest of a total of eighty-two (82) suspects and recovery of firearms, dangerous weapons, illicit drugs and stolen properties,” Kiyawa said.
Items recovered from the criminals he said, included one AK-47 Rifle and three locally made guns,13 Cutlasses and 16 Knives.
Others are: Three Motorcycles, one Tricycle, 50 Sachet of Diazepam Tablets, 42 Sachet of Tramadol Tablets,24 Parcels,175 Wraps of Dried Leaves Suspected to be Indian Hemp and 10 Mobile Phones.
Kiyawa who spoke on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Salman Garba Dogo, said the achievements demonstrated the commitment and dedication of the command to maintaining law and order “and our strategies are yielding the desired results.”
He said the command will continue to strengthen its multifaceted strategies that revolved around community policing, strategic communication in sensitizing the public on security matters, intelligence-led policing as well as targeted clearance operations that had effectively dismantled criminal networks operating especially along border Local Government Areas of the state.
He commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for donating 78 patrol motor vehicles to the command, which he said would significantly enhance its operational capacity and response times toward improved service to the people of the state.