Police announce arrest of three notorious armed robbers

The Nigeria Police Force said it has recorded a large operational breakthrough done the Force Intelligence Department – Special Tactical Squad, FID-STS.

It said that the FID-STS has arrested 3 notorious equipped robbery suspects and recovered 10 stolen vehicles successful Kaduna State.

The suspects were named arsenic Abubakar Musa, 36; Hassan Umar, 30; and Joshua Raphael, 20, who were apprehended connected 16 March 2026 successful Kaduna State.

The police, successful a connection signed by DCP Anthony Okon Placid, Force Public Relations Officer, said that preliminary investigations revealed that the main suspect, Abubakar Musa, is simply a dismissed corporal of the Nigerian Army who has been impersonating a serving worker to evade detection portion carrying retired equipped robbery operations with his accomplices.

It said that further findings bespeak that the syndicate specialised successful the theft and question of stolen vehicles, often removing oregon altering registration details to conceal their individuality and ownership.

The connection added that the cognition led to the betterment of 10 vehicles of assorted brands, including Toyota Hilux trucks, Toyota Corolla cars, a Pontiac Vibe GT, a Honda vehicle, a Lexus car, and a Toyota RAV4 SUV, with respective of the vehicles recovered without registration numbers.

“Investigations are ongoing to apprehend different fleeing members of the syndicate and recov...