Police Kills Four Bandits, Recovers Arms In Kaduna

The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have killed four suspected bandits, recovered firearms and ammunition, and an operational vehicle.

The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammad Jalige, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kaduna on Thursday.

Jalige said that the successful operation was sequel to its sustained onslaught against banditry and other criminal elements in the State.

“The operatives of the Special Tactical Squad, Force Headquarters, Abuja (STS), in conjunction with Operation Yaki, Kaduna state Command, on June 15, at about 06:50hrs, while on the trail of suspected bandits intercepted their target along Saminaka-Jos expressway."

According to him, the suspects were in a blue colored Sharon vehicle driven by one of the suspects, a 31-year-old man from Vom town in Jos South Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State.

The PPRO said “The suspected bandits, on sensing an unavoidable danger, stopped while on their way to deliver some dangerous weapons to their cohorts.

Jalige further said that the encounter lasted for about 30 minutes and the firepower of the Police forced them to retreat into the forest with bullet wounds.

He said that when a search was conducted on their vehicle and around the vicinity, one Ak49 rifle loaded with six rounds of live ammunition, one Ak47 rifle, one empty magazine, 134 rounds of different calibers of live ammunition and their operational vehicle were recovered.

He also disclosed that the operation led to the arrest of a female accomplice.