Police arrest 149 suspected thugs in Kano, recover arms

Following the dispersed of Daba-related unit successful Kano city, the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has apprehended 149 equipped thugs accused of attacking homes crossed the metropolitan area, creating fearfulness and uncertainty among residents.

The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, disclosed this on Wednesday while displaying unsafe weapons and illicit drugs recovered from suspects.

He said the bid had observed a emergence successful societal crimes and convulsive incidents successful parts of the metropolis, notably Fagge, IBB Road and Hotoro Quarters. Security concerns were besides noted on the Kano–Katsina border.

He noted that, successful response, the command, moving with different information agencies nether the Joint Task Force (JTF), modified its strategy done accrued deployment, intensified intelligence-led operations, targeted raids and visibility policing.

“These coordinated actions person disrupted transgression networks, restored calm to affected areas, and strengthened nationalist confidence,” helium said.

Bakori explained that further unit and logistics had besides been deployed to borderline section authorities areas arsenic a buffer against imaginable infiltration and to heighten accelerated effect capability.

“The operational achievements from 20th April to 20th May 2026, done intelligence-driven policing, swift response, and assemblage partnership, see the apprehension of 18 equipped robbery suspects, 5 suspected kidnappers, 32 suspected cause dealers and 12 suspected centrifugal conveyance thieves,” helium stated.

He added that 3 kidnapping victims had been safely rescued and reun...