The Niger State Police Command has disclosed that about forty-four (44) suspected armed robbers have been arrested for criminal conspiracy, thuggery and being in possession of dangerous weapons.
The suspects have been charged with capital offences and without bail conditions for peace to reign in Minna, the state capital.
There have been incessant reports of miscreants clashes, thuggery, and pockets of tricycle robberies in parts of the Minna metropolis in the past few months during which some lives and properties were lost.
A Statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun and made available to our correspondent in Minna said the Command has not been resting on its oars towards providing security to the people of the state and promised to do more.
“In a bid to curtail this recent trend and menace the Police on Monday mobilized its tactical teams comprised of Operations Department, CTU, Anti-kidnapping unit, tactical support team, Area Command team, various patrol units in the metro and vigilante members led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations DCP Ali Hayatu Kaigama and conducted house to house raid sting operation within Minna, the state capital and made the arrests.
“Areas identified as black spots and consequently raided are Limawa, Angwan-Daji, Paida, Gwadebe, Anguwan-Sarki, Ogbomosho road, Kasuwan-Gwari, and its environs within Minna metropolis and ended up with the arrest of the suspects and different types of dangerous weapons,” the statement added.”
Those arrested according to the Statement are between the ages of 15-25.
Some of the dangerous weapons recovered from the suspects according to the Police include cutlasses, scissors, knives, Swords, Garotte, Sticks, Handset phones, Shisha pipes/Pots, a big saw, scale, an iron bar, a bottle containing illicit drugs, lighter, screwdriver, bunch of keys, and ATM cards
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