Kano State Police Command has arrested 82 suspects in connection with various crimes committed in the state from November 1 to November 14.

The suspects included kidnappers, armed robbers, thugs, phone snatchers and drug dealers.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, while addressing newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Bompai, Kano, said the arrests were a result of a crime busting strategy adopted by the command.

“The implementation of these strategies have yielded positive results as they led to the crackdown on criminal networks such as curtailing remnants of thuggery (Daba) activities within Kano Metropolis.

“Other are dismantling of armed robbery syndicates along Jigawa-Kano and Bauchi-Kano borders and foiling kidnapping incidents along Kaduna-Kano and Katsina-Kano borders.

”Items recovered from the criminals included one AK-47 rifle and three locally made guns, 13 cutlasses and 16 knives, among others,’’ he said.

Speaking on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Salman Dogo, the PPRO said the achievements demonstrated the commitment of the command to maintaining law and order.

According to him, the command would continue to strengthen its multifaceted strategies that revolved around community policing, strategic communication in sensitizing the public on security matters.

Others were intelligence-led policing as well as targeted clearance operations that had effectively dismantled criminal networks operating especially along border local government areas of the state.

He commended Gov Abba Yusuf for donating 78 patrol vehicles to the command, which would significantly enhance its operational capacity and response time toward improved to people of the state.

Police arrest 82 suspects in Kano