The Katsina State Police Command said on Wednesday that it neutralised three bandits and recovered two AK 47 rifles with 15 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition.
It was learnt that on Tuesday at about 9:21pm, the Area Commander, Dutsinma and team responded to a distress call that bandits numbering over 50 on motorbikes, shooting sporadically with AK47 rifles attacked Unguwar Bera and Tashar Mangoro villages of Dutsinma LGA of Katsina State.
The state Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, disclosed this in a statement.
Buba noted that the team laid ambush against the hoodlums at a spot between Mara and Tashar Gajere villages of Danmusa LGA.
He noted that the bandits were entrapped and the team had an upper hand.
Buba added that search parties are still combing the environs with a view of arresting injured bandits or recovering dead bodies and their operational weapons.