Police get well 15 firearms, 146 rounds of ammuniton from suspects in Zamfara

The Zamfara State police command says it has arrested eight suspects for banditry-related offences, legal conspiracy, theft and fraud.

In response to the assertion in Gusau on Thursday, the Police spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu, stated the command additionally recovered 15 native firearms, 146 rounds of Ak47 ammunition, dried leafs suspected to be Indian Hemp and N1 million money as displays.

Shehu added that police tactical operatives on confidence-building patrol alongside Munhaye forest in Tsafe Native Authorities Space of the state acted on an intelligence report and carried out a rigorous patrol/cease and search with a view to arresting some suspected gun runners.

“The gun runners on their approach to the forest to produce arms and ammunition to the bandits, after noticing police presence, deserted the arms and ammunition and fled into the forest.

“On twenty fourth Jan. 2023, police detectives acted based mostly on a grievance by one Abubakar Lawali of Talata Mafara LGA that some suspects conspired and defrauded him of N1 million by withdrawing the identical from his account via a POS operator by way of his ATM Card.

“In response to the complainant, the suspects succeeded of their motion after they provided to assist him to make a withdrawal when he couldn’t make the transactions on account of community issues,” Shehu stated.

“They collected his ATM card and deceitfully withdrew the cash from the POS operator.

“In the midst of interrogation, all of the arrested suspects confessed to the crime and additional said how they carried out related fraud at completely different banks in Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states respectively.

“N1 million money belonging to the complainant and a car had been recovered from them as displays,” he added.

The Police spokesperson additional stated that “On twenty fourth Jan., police detectives acted on an intelligence report and arrested some suspects who had been residing in Bela village underneath Bungudu LGA.

“The suspects had been a part of a legal syndicate that gave data to bandits and likewise equipped Indian Hemp and different harmful medicine.

“Their actions have continued to irritate assaults, kidnapping and killing of harmless folks of Bungudu, Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji LGAs”, he defined.

“Police operatives, based mostly on an intelligence report on Jan. 23, arrested suspected members of a legal syndicate which have been working in Kaduna, Zamfara and different neighbouring states.

“In the midst of the police investigation, the suspects confessed that, on a number of events, they participated in kidnapping and cattle rustling.

“Additionally police detectives on Jan. 22 acted on a grievance from one Kasimu Abdullahi from Anka LGA, arrested some suspects for legal conspiracy and tried culpable murder in opposition to the complainant.

“Whereas the investigation was ongoing, the suspect was equally recognized by the relations of late Abdullahi Nakwada Gusau for allegedly killing their father someday in 2022.

“The investigation revealed that the suspect was among the many members of the outlawed group often called “Yansakai” who’ve been taking legal guidelines into their palms.” (NAN)

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