The police command in Katsina says it arrested no fewer than 1,005 suspects in connection with 853 various cases of crimes between June and September.

ASP Abubakar Aliyu, spokesperson for the command, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Monday.

Mr Aliyu briefed journalists on behalf of police commissioner Aliyu Abubakar-Musa.

According to him, the period under review proved to be quite challenging to the police, but the command has defied all odds to record such tremendous success.

“We were able to swoop against bandits, kidnappers, Armed robbery, and other forms of crime,” he said.

Mr Abubakar-Musa explained that out of the recorded cases, 393 were prosecuted in various courts of law in Katsina. He said out of the suspects, 53 were charged for armed robbery, 82 for kidnapping, 73 for murder and 90 for rape.

Also, he said 707 suspects were charged with other offences, such as intimidation, possessing hard drugs, dealing in weeds, cultism, inciting disturbances and brigand attitudes.

He added that the command rescued 171 kidnapped victims, neutralized five suspected kidnappers, and recovered four AK47 rifles, six locally made guns, and 517 live rounds of ammunition.

“Over 600 rustled animals were recovered, 12 stolen motor vehicles and motorcycles, and 17 suspected stolen phones were recovered,” he said. “Also, 568 sachets of D5 tablets, 180 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, 23 packets of Exzole tablets, 411 packets of rebozel tablets, and five packs of Diezole tablets were seized.”

The police commissioner pointed out that more needed to be done while warning the criminals to surrender or be dealt with according to the law.

(NAN)