Police arrest suspected kidnapper, recover AK-47 in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered firearms during an cognition successful Keana Local Government Area of the state.

The bid said the apprehension followed a raid connected a transgression hideout astatine Gidan Akuya colony by operatives of the State Intelligence Department (SID), acting connected credible intelligence.

In a connection issued connected Sunday, the Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Ramhan Nansel, said the cognition was portion of ongoing efforts to curb kidnapping and different convulsive crimes crossed Nasarawa State.

According to the statement, the suspects attempted to flight erstwhile they sighted the constabulary team, but were pursued, starring to the apprehension of 1 Jibril Yunusa, 43.

Nansel said a hunt of the hideout led to the betterment of 1 AK-47 rifle, 1 bare mag and 1 locally fabricated rifle.

He added that the fishy confessed during interrogation to taking portion successful respective kidnapping operations wrong the Keana and Awe axis of the authorities and had provided utile accusation to assistance ongoing investigations.

The Commissioner of Police successful the state, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, directed operatives to intensify efforts to way down different me...