The Kano State Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers and car snatchers who have been terrorising Kano residents. NAN reports that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Wakili Muhammad, disclosed this while presenting the suspects to newsmen at the command’s Headquarters in Kano on Thursday.
Muhammad said the suspects whom were all of Sheka quarters, had been dispossessing residents of Sheka, Zoo Road, Tudun Maliki, Tukuntawa and Maidile quarters of their valuables.
He said an English made pistol was recovered from three of the suspects, Auwalu Adamu, Mohammed Suleman and Abdullahi Iliyasu.
He said the other suspect, Ahmed Abubakar of Mil Tara in Kano, who specialised in snatching exotic cars on Highways, allegedly conspired with the others whom were now at large.
“The suspect drove to a hideout located in the above address where they disassembled and sold spare parts to unsuspecting members of the public.
“One Toyota Hiece Computer bus, one Golf Wagon and a Hummer bus are the vehicles they disassembled,” the commissioner said.
He said the two other syndicates of car snatchers of Ladanai quarters were nabbed in Kano with a Toyota Hilux.
He added that command had also arrested one Mohammed Sani of Mubi Local Government Area of Adamawa with 6, 750 locally made knives concealed in sacks. Muhammad said the suspect was intercepted at Kwanar Dumawa village in Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State, and that the suspect was on transit to Katsina State with the exhibit for unspecified mission.
He also said that as part of efforts to rid the state of fake and counterfeit drugs, the command had intercepted two trailers loaded with fake and expired drugs.
He said investigations were ongoing after which the suspects would be charged to court.
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