48 Armed Robbers and kidnappers Arrested By Police In Niger

No less than 48 suspected cows rustlers, criminals and equipped looters have been captured by the police in Niger State.

It was learnt that the captures were produced using Nasarawa, Kaduna, Zamfara, Niger states and also from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, by the Operation Absolute Sanity Squad, sent in the state to check the raising instances of criminal exercises.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood, who paraded the suspects previously writers on Wednesday evening, said the theft packs were driven by two men, Ali Bala and Aliyu Musa.

Moshood said 34 vehicles grabbed by the suspects were recouped notwithstanding a few weapons.

As indicated by the police representative, five AK-47 rifles and AK-49, accepted to be prevalently utilized by the Nigerian Army, three pump-activity rifles, three submachine firearms and in addition two twofold dashed weapons were additionally recuperated from the suspects.

Additionally recuperated were 822 rounds of live ammo advertisement four live cartridges.

Moshood stated, "Four plasma TVs and N490m worth of phony American dollars were likewise recouped from the ownership of the suspects. Every one of the suspects have admitted to conferring the offenses and they will be charged to court soon. The general population ought to recollect that the date for the accommodation of denied guns will pass on the fourteenth of this current month, after which the police will uphold the preclusion arrange."