Police arrested 8 Suspects for Banditry, Robbery, others in Zamfara
From Aliyu Buhari Gusau
Zamfara State Police Command under the leadership of Cp kolo Yusuf has arrested Eight (8) suspects for banditry related offences, criminal conspiracy and armed robbery.
The command Spokesperson Sp. Muhammad Shehu stated this while parading the suspects to newsmen at the state command headquarters in Gusau Wednesday .
Shehu revealed that, exhibits recovered from them included, Fifteen (15) Locally Fabricated Firearms, One Hundred and Fourty Six Rounds of AK 47 ammuniton, Dried Leafs Suspected to be Indian Helm and the Sum of One Million Naira Cash As Exhibits, recovered from the Suspects.
“This effort has helped tremendously in stabilizing the security of Zamfara which was hitherto worrisome and disturbing. Below are some of the recent achievements recorded by the Command”
He explained that police Tactical operatives on confidence building patrol along Tsafe - Munhaye forest, acted on intelligence report and conducted a rigorous patrol/stop and search with view to arresting some gun runners who were on their way to Munhaye forest to supply Arms and Ammunition to the bandits.
“The gun runners on noticing Police presence, abandoned the sack containing the Arms and Ammunition and fled into the thick forest and the Police operatives while on spot search, recovered the above mentioned exhibits. Drag net has been sprayed to arrest the fleeing Hoodlums”
“On 24th January 2023, Police detectives acted based on complain by one Abubakar Lawali 'M' of Talata Mafara LGA. That on same date, while at the Zenith Bank ATM Gallery Talata branch, the above mentioned suspects conspired and defrauded him the sum of one million Naira (#1, 000,000) by withdrawing same from his account through a POS operator via his ATM Card”
“The complainant told the police that the suspects succeeded in their action when they offered to help him to make withdrawal when he could not make the transactions due to network problem. They collected his ATM card and decietfully withdrew the money from POS operation".
“ In the course of interrogation, all the suspects confessed to the crime and further stated how they carried out similar fraud at different banks in Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara States respectively”
“The sum of One Million Naira (#1, 000,000) cash belonging to the complainant and a Honda Accord Anaconda Vehicle were recovered from them as exhibits.
He further revealed that Discreet investigation is in progress with a view to arresting other members of their gang and charge them to court for prosecution”
“On 24th January, 2023 Police detectives acted on intelligence report and arrested the above mentioned suspects who were both residing in Bela village under Bungudu LGA. The suspects before their arrest were part of criminal syndicate that gave information to Bandits and also supplied all form of dried leaves suspected to be Indian helm and other dangerous drugs. Their actions have continued to aggrevate Attacks, Kidnapping and killing of innocent people of Bungudu, Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji LGAs by the bandits”
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