17 Kidnappers Arrested In Kano By Police

The Police Command in Kano State has arrested 17 kidnap suspects and 225 other suspected criminals in in the last four weeks in the state.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Abdullahi Haruna made the announcement at a news conference on Friday in Kano.

According to Haruna,  the suspects were arrested between Sept. 9 and Oct. 16 not at the same time and locations in the state under the Operation PUFF ADDER.

He stated further that N1.3 million was recovered from a suspected kidnapper, a teacher, who asked for  ransom from his victim.

Also the Commissioner revealed that the command made an arrest of 225 suspects for several crimes, including a notorious motorcycle snatcher who had snatched about 500 motorcycles in the past 12 months in the state.

An example of notable operations were the arrest of a phone snatching syndicate who killed a physiotherapist and a youth drug addict for trying to kill his mother.

He added that the command collected back arms, drugs, cars, motorcycles, tricycles, phones and other items from the suspects.