Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested two suspected bandits in the Zaria Local Government Area.
According to a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, police operatives from the Tudun Wada division in Zaria were conducting a routine patrol near the Agoro Level Crossing area when they intercepted a suspect identified as Babangida Sani, a 37-year-old man from Faskari Local Government Area in Katsina State.
The police reported that Sani was traveling from Jos to Faskari and had boarded a commercial motorcycle en route to the Flyover Garage before being intercepted. During the search, an AK-47 rifle was found in his possession. The motorcycle driver fled the scene upon witnessing the search but was promptly arrested and taken into custody.
In a separate incident, operatives from the Anti-Car Theft Unit of the SCID, acting on actionable intelligence, recovered two abandoned vehicles—a Toyota Matrix (Reg No: DKA 321 TT) and a Toyota Camry LE (Reg No: KGK 114 AA)—in Mogadishu, Kaduna, on Tuesday, June 4th.
The following day, on June 5, 2024, at about 12:15 hours, a white Toyota Hilux van (Reg No: GWA 845 CY), reported stolen from Karji Junction, was also recovered at Yazid Hotel on Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna.
Further investigations by the police led to the arrest of three suspects: Sa’ad Abdullahi, Salihu Musa, and Usman Zubairu Ganu, all from Zamfara State. They were found in possession of two additional vehicles, a Honda Accord (Reg No: RBC 143 MQ) and a Mercedes Benz (Reg No: BKD 137 SB), also suspected to be stolen.