Kaduna police arrest 19 suspects over alleged kidnapping, illegal firearms, counterfeit dollars
The Kaduna police command says it has arrested 19 suspects for alleged kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms during a series of operations across the state.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Rabiu Muhammad, the commissioner of police in Kaduna, said the operations also resulted in the deaths of suspected notorious kidnappers and the recovery of 10 firearms.
Muhammad said the command recovered 190 stolen solar inverters valued at N69 million, 410 rustled cattle, 83 packs of hard drugs, 32 mobile phones, and two plasma television sets within the past two weeks.
He added that officers also confiscated 170 counterfeit US dollar notes during the operations carried out by the command.
“Within the two (2) weeks under review, Kaduna state police command neutralised notorious kidnappers, arrested sixteen (16) suspected kidnappers, six (6) suspects found in possession of one hundred & seventy (170) pieces of counterfeit dollar notes recovered,” the police commissioner said.
“Three (3) suspected gunrunners were arrested as operatives recovered ten (10) firearms of different calibre, one hundred and ninety (190) solar inverter worth N69 million naira, one (1) stolen vehicle, eighty-three (83) parks of hardrugs, thirty-two (32) stolen phones, two (2) plasma televisions and four hundred and ten (410) cattle recovered during various operations.”
The police commissioner said operatives arrested 20-year-old Aisha Barau in Ramin Kura village while she was allegedly trying to exchange fake US dollar notes for naira.
According to Muhammad, Barau told investigators that two men supplied her with the counterfeit currency. He said both suspects have since been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged syndicate.
