The Katsina State Police Command has arrested 88 suspected criminals allegedly linked to 59 major crimes in the state in February.
The spokesman of the Command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, made this development known in Katsina on Wednesday.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, the suspects were arrested over alleged involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling and culpable homicide, among others.
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He said that the police had filed 49 cases before the courts against some of those arrested.
Sadiq-Aliyu explained that 13 suspects were arrested for armed robbery, 12 for murder, 19 for rape, three for kidnapping, while the rest were apprehended over other criminal activities.
He further said that the three suspected kidnappers were arrested in a joint operation by the Katsina and Federal Capital Territory Police Commands.
The command spokesman gave their names as Hassan Ibrahim, 25; Ibrahim Ishaq, 33; and Shafi’u Zubairu, 30, all of Kakabawa village, Kurfi Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, during interrogation, the suspects confessed to having been terrorising communities in Kurfi and Safana LGAs.
He added that the suspects mentioned three other notorious bandits they have been operating with, that are now at large.
Sadiq-Aliyu added that one Bilyaminu Muhammad, 32, of Zago village of Arewa LGA of Kebbi, was arrested over illegal possession of seven live cartridges.
According to him, a total of 72 kidnapped victims were rescued across the state in February and 500 rustled livestock recovered.
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