Police bust drug dealer, armed robbery syndicate in Katsina

Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected cause trader and dismantled a four-man equipped robbery syndicate operating successful Funtua and surrounding communities.

Police spokesperson, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, said successful a connection on Tuesday that the operations led to the betterment of drugs, weapons, stolen items and cash.

He said operatives arrested a 22-year-old suspect, Aliyu Umar, popularly known arsenic “Makami,” during a raid successful the Jabiri country of Funtua Local Government Area connected May 28.

According to him, the apprehension followed credible quality linking the fishy to cause trafficking activities successful the area.

Exhibits recovered from him included 38 Exol tablets, 28 wraps of dried leaves suspected to beryllium cannabis, and a knife.

“The fishy is believed to beryllium a cardinal subordinate of a cause peddling syndicate operating successful the area. Investigation is ongoing,” helium said.

In a abstracted operation, operatives of the Makera Police Division arrested 3 suspected members of an equipped robbery pack linked to telephone snatching, motorcycle theft, store breaking and different crimes.

The suspects, Salim Umar (24), Yusuf Mustapha (23), and Gaddafi Idris (27) were arrested connected May 21 pursuing quality reports.

Police said a hunt of the suspects led to the betterment of weapons in...