Crime
20-yr-old bandit with 2 AK-47s
A 20-year-old bandit carrying two AK- 47 rifles at Galadimawa community in Giwa LGA, Kaduna, of the state have been arrested by police.
In a statement on Saturday by the spokesman of the command, DSP Mohammed Jalige, the “operatives, Operation Restore Peace” acting on credible intelligence, dislodged an identified kidnapper’s den at Galadimawa forest, after engaging the bandits in a fierce gun duel.
According to him, other criminals ran into the forest with various injuries
He said one of the arrested suspects, a 20-year -old Yusuf Monore with two AK 47/49 rifles and five rounds of live 7.62 X 39mm ammunition as well as handsets was arrested and is presently undergoing investigation.
However, the operatives are on the trail of the fleeing suspects.
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