Police Arrest 20 Armed Robbery Suspects in Kano
29 Aug 2013
Nigerian police
BY Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano
Kano State Police Command yesterday paraded 20 suspected armed robbers who were arrested during various robbery operations in the state.
Addressing journalists at the command headquarters, the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Musa Daura, said the armed robbery suspects specialised in cars and motorcycles theft.
According to him, one Mansur Mohammad, a notorious motorcycle thief was arrested alongside a gang of 15 which he recruited for such operation.
The commissioner said a team of detectives led by Kolo Yusuf who were on surveillance patrol at Bachirawa quarters arrested two suspects, Suraju Usman and Abdullahi Ibrahim, for being in possession of three stolen vehicles.
He explained that three other suspects were also arrested with a local pistol, two rounds of ammunition and one AK 47 assault rifle, while on a robbery operation.
He explained that three other suspects were also arrested with a local pistol, two rounds of ammunition and one AK 47 assault rifle, while on a robbery operation.
Daura said, recently, a team of policemen on patrol in Dorayi quarters caught one Lawal Sani from Katsina State and Sai Yakubu, and while searching them, discovered two local pistols and 40 cartridges, and upon interrogation, they confessed that they were in Kano to carry out robbery attack in the metropolis.
One of the suspects, Habibu Sani, who was arrested by the police with a local pistol, had conspired with two other suspects to rob their victim the sum of N60, 000, while two other suspects were also arrested in Tudun Wada in possession of a Honda Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration number LE 696 AAA as six motorcycles were also recovered from them.
Mohammed, 47, who was a farmer, told journalists that he started the motorcycle theft about two years ago because his business as a fish merchant crashed and had no alternative than to get involved in robbery.
"I recruited 15 young boys, spread them across the metropolis for the motorcycle snatching operations and at times, they succeeded in bringing about 10 to 15 motorbikes, and at the end, I sell them at N65,000 each. But today, I have been arrested; leaving behind 15 children but none of them is involved in my trade-motorcycle theft."
Daura said items recovered during the various operations carried out within the metropolis were four local pistols, 12 vehicles, 21 motorcycle and 18 rounds of cartridges.
SOURCE: THISDAY
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