345 in police net as Kano cracks down on crime

The Kano State Police Command has arrested nary less than 345 suspects successful a large crackdown connected transgression crossed the state.
This was contained successful a connection issued connected Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa.

According to the statement, the cognition follows a three-day cognition carried retired crossed each 44 Local Government Areas of the state.

“The operation, which took spot from Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 7, targeted identified achromatic spots, transgression hideouts, and cause organisation centres,” the connection said.

According to the statement, the suspects see thugs, cause peddlers, and individuals recovered successful possession of violative weapons.

The connection added that they are presently nether probe and volition beryllium prosecuted wherever necessary.

He besides revealed that the constabulary recovered 270 unsafe weapons, including knives, cutlasses, and clubs, arsenic good arsenic a ample quantity of suspected illicit drugs specified arsenic cannabis, Exol tablets, and a locally known substance called “Suck and Die.”

“These recoveries person importantly reduced the quality of transgression elements to harm guiltless citizens and disturb nationalist peace,” helium said.

“As I stated connected presumption of duty, nary signifier of criminality volition beryllium tolerated successful Kano State. We volition proceed to woody decisively with thuggery, cause trafficking, ...