Crime
Police Arrest Suspect Linked To Kidnap Of German National 3 Years After
The Police in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of an armourer of a syndicate alleged to have kidnapped a German national and killed one police officer in the state three years later.
The State’s Commissioner of Police, Habu Sani, announced the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Wednesday.
59-year-old Kreser Krank Michael of Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company was abducted at a construction site along Madobi Road, Kano in 2017.
He identified the arrested suspect as one Abubakar Ismail of Wangara village in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of the state.
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He also revealed that the suspect led a team of combined security operatives to an armoury in a village where one AK-47 rifle, a single-barrel gun, and a revolver gun were recovered.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and confessed that the syndicate has been terrorising Rimin Gado, Gwarzo, Karaye, Kiru, Rano, Bebeji Tudun Wada, and other neighbouring states, including Kaduna and Katsina for over five years,” the statement said.
The police commissioner added that the suspect also named other members of the syndicate who perpetrated the crime and efforts are ongoing to arrest the other members of the syndicate.
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