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Police arrest 93 kidnappers, recover 35 AK47 rifles, rocket launcher
At least 93 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers were on Thursday, May 16, paraded by the police after being arrested on Abuja-Kaduna highway.
The police said the armed robbers were terrorizing Niger, Katsina and Kaduna states, especially Kaduna-Abuja highway, adding that 35 AK47 Rifles, 21 Dane Guns, 500 live ammunition and a host of other weapons including a rocket launcher were recovered from the suspects.
Parading the suspects at Katari village along Kaduna-Abuja highway, the Force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, said the 93 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers were arrested within the past two weeks in joint operations in Kaduna, Niger and Katsina states.
According to Mba, 35 AK47 rifles, 21 Dane Guns and more than 500 live ammunition were recovered from the suspects.
The Force spokesman attributed the successful arrests and seizures to Operation Puff Adder launched to clear criminals away from Kaduna-Abuja expressway and Nigeria at large.
DCP Mba who was flanked by the Kaduna state commissioner of police, Aji Ali Janga said, the joint operations comprised policemen from operations, intelligence, technical, counter terrorism and special protection units among others.
He said that the operation was designed largely to tackle kidnapping, robbery and banditry giving Nigerians sleepless nights, adding that the successes recorded so far were huge.
According to him, “The suspects were arrested from Matari forest, Niger axis and some were pursued to as far as Katsina.
