POLICE ARRESTS INFORMANTS, RECOVER WEAPONS IN ZAMFARA
Zamfara police command on Tuesday said that it has arrested 8 informants, suppliers of food, drugs to bandits and recovered 4 rifles, 250 rounds of Ak 47 live ammunition.
The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu disclosed this in Gusau at a press briefing.
Shehu further said that the command also succeeded in the rescue of 9 rustled cows and a truck conveying drugs and food stuff meant for bandits operating in Dangulmi Magami areas in Maru and Gusau local government area of the state.
POLICE ARRESTS INFORMANTS, RECOVER WEAPONS IN ZAMFARA
He said the suspects were arrested by the police tactical operatives during an intelligence led operations conducted in some criminal hideouts across the state.
“On 6th October, 2022, police tactical operatives acted on intelligence information and arrested two suspects who were allegedly collaborating with notorious bandits from Munhaye forest in Tsafe local government area of the state.
“One of the suspects, Hauwa’u Usman, residing in Gusau confessed that Ali and Hamza are her younger brothers and are among the bandits who based in Munhaye forest terrorizing communities of Tsafe and neighbouring Katsina State.
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“Intelligence information about her revealed that she has been an informant to her two younger brothers in the bush”, He said.
“Even though, she denied fraternizing with them, but she indicted the second suspect Aliyu Mamuda to be the supplier of drugs, food stuff, operational motorcycles for banditry and hiring labourers for the bandits to go and farm their farmlands in the bush.
“On 7th October, 2022, police tactical operatives attached to the command’s monitoring unit acted on intelligence information and arrested two suspects in connection with criminal conspiracy and intimidation”, Shehu added.
The PPRO further said that “On 10th Oct., 2022 police detectives attached to anti violence section of the command while on patrol along Gusau–Wanke road acted on intelligence information and arrested the above named suspects while conveying nine rustled cows in a truck”.
“In the course of interrogation, the suspects could not give satisfactory account of the cows; or presented documents that will legitimize their ownership of the cows.
“Police tactical operatives of the Command while on rigorous patrol in some trouble locations in Tsafe, Bukkuyum and Shinkafi LGAs received series of distress calls from communities on plan by bandits to attack their villages.
“In response to the calls, the operatives succeeded in repelling most of the planed attacks where serious exchange of fire between the bandits and the police operatives ensued, forcing the bandits to flee with possible gunshot wounds sustained’ He explained.
According to him, On 6th Oct, 2022 police detective of the command while on patrol along Gusau–Wanke road intercepted the above named suspect in possession of the above exhibits.
“The suspect confessed to have been sent by a notorious bandits called Ladan with sum of N1,190,000 to be delivered to the arms supplier who were to hand over consignment to him to deliver to the bandit leader, before nemesis caught up with him and arrested by the Police.
“On 9th October, 2022 police detective of the command in collaboration with vigilante acted on intelligence information that, a truck driven by the above named suspect was loaded with the above mentioned exhibits on transit from Kano to Dangulbi area to supply the above exhibits to the bandits operating in the bush”, He further said.
Shehu added that the driver was arrested with the exhibits and now undergoing discreet investigation with a view to arresting his partners in crime.
