Police Foil Kidnap Attempt, Arrest Gunrunners, Bandits In Kaduna

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Kaduna State Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt and arrested gunrunners and suspected bandits in the State.

The Command said a Police Patrol Team attached to Kagarko Division, vigilantes and hunters jointly acted on a cogent information that suspected bandits were sighted at an abandoned farm shade along Dogon Daji community with a possible intent to carry out a nefarious mission.

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The said hoodlums on sighting the combined security convoy retreated on their motorcycles and aborted the mission as they took to their heels and upon a thorough search of the area, a locally fabricated 10 rounds loading revolver shotgun was recovered.

Similarly, the Command also disclosed that its operatives from Divisional Headquarters in Sabon Gari, Zaria, were on 22/09/2023 at about 1530 hours alerted of a suspicious unregistered black Volkswagen Passat vehicle by personnel of the Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) along the Zaria-Kano highway.

The patrol team swiftly trailed the said vehicle and accosted the occupants, who identified themselves as Liti Iliya and Garba Luka, both of Anguwan Dankande village of Birnin Gwari LGA of the State.

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“When the vehicle was searched, the following exhibits; an AK 47 rifle with 15 rounds of 7.62 X 39mm live ammunitions, a pair of vehicle registration number plates of Ebonyi state HKW 578 AA were discovered hidden in the vehicle’s trunk,” said a statement issued by the Assistant Police Public Relations Officer (2/ic PPRO), ASP Mansur Hassan.

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