In what could be described as the biggest harvest of arrest
in recent time, the Niger State police Command has paraded no fewer than104
suspects for various offenses, ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle
rustling, homicide, rape and unlawful possession of firearms.
The command has also recovered 672 cattle from rustlers across the state in the last
one month alone.
Parading the suspects before newsmen at the police
headquarters, in Minna, on Tuesday, the command Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana said that this is the out come of the “operation flush
them out” lunched by the command in the wake of high rate of cattle rustling in
the state.
It could be recalled that the state police command last
month, deplored a helicopter for area surveillance and about 300 armed
policemen to all the clash points across the state to check the activities of
armed bandits across the state.
“This is in conjunction with the Inspector General of Police
(IGP) tactical unit and Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (SAS).
Elkana further disclosed among exhibits recovered from the
suspected criminals are three AK47 riffles with 334 rounds of live ammunition,
one SMG riffle with six rounds of live ammunition.
Others include 12 single barrel guns, four locally made
pistols, one revolver pistol.
He explained that most of the arms were intercepted around
Babana in Borgu local government of area of the state, a boarder town border
Benin republic.
Elkana further stated that the air surveillance has yielded
results, especially in the areas where illegal mining activities are in the
increase. They are Gwada – Sarkin Pawa and Soka Kahuta in Minna metropolis.
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