Police arrest suspected arms dealer in Kano, recover three AK-47 rifles

The Kano State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected arms trader and recovered 3 fabricated AK-47 rifles alongside different unsafe items during an cognition successful Kano.

In a connection issued by constabulary spokesperson CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the cognition was carried retired by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad nether the recently created Violent Crime Response Unit introduced arsenic portion of reforms by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu.

The connection said the cognition was conducted connected May 9, 2026, astir Dandinshe Quarters successful Dala Local Government Area connected the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori.

Police said the operatives arrested a 35-year-old fishy identified arsenic Umar Danladi Usman of Kurna Layin Masallacin Juma’a. He was reportedly intercepted wrong a Honda Accord car with registration fig TFA 680 AA.

According to the statement, a hunt connected the fishy and the conveyance led to the betterment of 3 fabricated AK-47 rifles, revolver type, 5 unrecorded cartridges, 1 AK-47 bare shell, a constabulary individuality paper suspected to beryllium fake, 3 crisp jack knives, and a brace of jungle godforsaken boots.

The constabulary spokesperson said, “During interrogation, the fishy confessed to procuring the fabricated rifles from Dutsin-Ma LGA,...