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The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three street gang members who are allegedly intimidating inhabitants of Sabon Gari Zaria LGA’s Basawa Area.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Wednesday.
Hassan states that the gang members were taken into custody on Tuesday at around 4 p.m.
He said, ”At about 1600 hrs, the operatives were on routine patrol and arrested the three suspects, namely, Shamsu Abdullahi, Hussaini Aliyu, and Muhammad Ahmed, all of Zaria City, and within the vicinity of Mammy Market in the Basawa area.”
Hassan continued, “Three sharp stainless cutlasses and one fork sharp knife hidden under their clothes were recovered from the suspects during a spot search.”
The PPRO claimed that during questioning, the suspects refused to explain what they were doing with the potentially lethal weapons that were discovered on them.
The operatives’ investigations revealed that the gang was a part of a syndicate that had been terrorizing the people living in Basawa and the surrounding areas.
He added that the three suspects were swiftly arraigned in court to face charges after the discovery.
