The Police Command in Kano State has arrested 82 suspects in connection with various crimes committed in the state.
Superintendent of Police Abdullahi Kiyawa, the spokesperson for the Kano state command said the suspects were arrested between November 1 and 14, 2024.
According to Mr Kiyawa, the suspects included kidnappers, armed robbers, thugs, phone snatchers and drug dealers.
Addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Bompai, Mr Kiyawa, said the arrests were a result of a crime-busting strategy adopted by the command.
“The implementation of these strategies yielded positive results as they led to the crackdown on criminal networks such as curtailing remnants of thuggery (Daba) activities within Kano Metropolis,
“Other are dismantling of armed robbery syndicates along Jigawa-Kano and Bauchi-Kano borders and foiling kidnapping incidents along Kaduna-Kano and Katsina-Kano borders.
“These operations conducted resulted in the arrest of a total of 82 suspects and recovery of firearms, dangerous weapons, illicit drugs and stolen properties.
”Items recovered from the criminals included one AK-47 rifle and three locally made guns, 13 cutlasses and 16 knives.
”Others are three motorcycles, one tricycle, 50 sachets of diazepam tablets, 42 sachets of tramadol tablets, 24 parcels, 175 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be hemp and 10 mobile phones,’’ he said.
Mr Kiyawa, who spoke on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Salman Dogo, said the achievements demonstrated the commitment of the command to maintaining law and order.
He said the command would continue to strengthen its multifaceted strategies that revolved around community policing and strategic communication in sensitising the public on security matters.
Others were 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 Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf for donating 78 patrol vehicles to the command, which would significantly enhance its operational capacity and response time toward improved service to the people of the state.
