Police raid Abuja crime hideouts, arrest 300 suspects

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has arrested astir 300 suspects during raids connected crime-prone areas, shanties and uncompleted buildings crossed Abuja.

The operation, carried retired connected Saturday, September 19, was aimed astatine identifying and disrupting transgression activities successful locations suspected to service arsenic hideouts for criminals.

The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Sunday, saying the workout was portion of measures to “prevent crime, disrupt transgression activities and heighten the information and information of residents.”

“The operation, carried retired crossed assorted locations, led to the raid of respective identified transgression hideouts, with astir 300 persons taken into custody for screening. Items recovered during the cognition see knives, a artifact gun, cannabis and different illicit drugs,” the connection reads.

“The suspects are presently undergoing thorough screening and profiling.

“Those recovered to person committed offences volition beryllium appropriately charged to tribunal successful accordance with the law, portion persons recovered to person nary lawsuit to reply volition beryllium released aft owed screening.

The Commissioner of Police successful the FCT, Ahmed Sanusi, said the bid would support intelligence-driven raids and different proactive policing measures across...