Police arrest 79 suspects, recover weapons, drugs in Kano

The Kano State Police Command has arrested 79 suspects and recovered unsafe weapons and illicit drugs successful the state.

The arrests followed information operations conducted during the 2026 Takutaba solemnisation successful the state.

The celebration, which took spot connected September 1, was observed peacefully crossed the authorities arsenic a effect of coordinated, intelligence-led and proactive information arrangements enactment successful spot before, during and aft the festivities.

Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, explained that the operations were carried retired by the command’s tactical units, including the Anti-Daba, Anti-Kidnapping and VCRU units, alongside unit from the Ungogo, Sharada, Bachirawa, Rijiyar Lemo, Mandawari, Kwalli and Gwale constabulary divisions, to guarantee the occurrence of the celebration.

CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the authorities command’s spokesman, said successful a connection that the suspects were arrested for assorted alleged offences, though the constabulary did not specify the idiosyncratic offences involved.

According to the statement, “Dangerous weapons and illicit drug...