From: Ibrahim Sidi Muh’d, Gusau
Zamfara State Police Command has succeeded in the arrest of a notorious bandit, Muhammadu Dan Kani in possession of eleven fabricated AK47, 25 rounds of AK-47 ammunition and 6 live cartridges.
Police confirmed that the suspect was involved in numerous banditry cases across the state.
Briefing newsmen at the Police Command Gusau, Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim B. Maikaba, said the suspected notorious bandit, Dan Kani, who hailed from Kuraje village under Bungudu local government area, was trailed and arrested in Funtua local government of Katsina State while on his way back to Zamfara from Kano.
“The suspected notorious bandit is currently giving helpful information which could be utilized to trace the manufacturing source of the fabricated guns and to subsequently arrest other members of the network”, CP Maikaba has assured.
In the same vein, the Anti-kidnapping Unit on routine patrol along Gummi-Sokoto road had intercepted a Toyota Corolla car, 4 AK-47 rifles, 200 rounds of PKT ammunition, 28 rounds of AK-47 ammunition and 4 empty AK-47 magazines in the course of ‘Stop and Search.
“The items mentioned were concealed in a sack of oranges belonging to one Nasuru Dawan Jiya, who confessed to transporting the weapons to bandits in Gurusu Village under Bukkuyum local government area.
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