The Bauchi State Police Command says it has arrested 1,460 suspects for various offences from November 2021 to date.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Umar Sanda, said this at a function of the Police Public Complaints Committee.
The function, on Thursday in Bauchi, was the PPCC’s North East Zonal Sensitisation Campaign.
Sanda said the Police prosecuted 722 cases and rescued 55 kidnap victims within the period under review, and reiterated readiness to tackle public complaints and other legitimate grievances in the state.
He said: “From my assumption of duty on November 29, 2021 till date, the Command recorded 722 cases.
“It arrested 1,460 suspects in connection to various crimes committed within and outside the state, and rescued 55 kidnapped victims from their captors.”
Represented by Bello Shehu, Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, Sanda said the police recovered seven AK-47 Rifles, 145 live ammunitions, 20 locally made revolvers and 23 Dane guns.
He listed other recovered weapons to include 20 cartridges, 45 machetes, one single barrel gun, one double barrel gun, 14 motorcycles, five laptops, 10 tricycles, 81 parcels of Cannabis sativa, 101 cell phones and N7.19 million.
The CP said the command recorded significant successes in the fight against crimes through actionable intelligence from members of the public.
Sanda commended the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi, for police community initiatives that bring members of the public closer to the police.