Police
Arrest Suspected Street Gang Members.
Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three suspected
street gang members believed to be terrorizing the residents of the Basawa Area
of Sabon Gari Zaria LGA.
The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the
arrest in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna, saying that the
suspects were arrested on Tuesday at about 1600hrs.
According to him, when a spot search was conducted on the
suspects, three sharp stainless cutlasses and one fork sharp knife concealed
under their clothes were recovered from them.
Hassan said upon interrogation, the suspects failed to
state what they were doing with the dangerous weapons found on them.
He said investigation conducted by the operatives
revealed that the suspects were members of a syndicate that had been
terrorizing residents of Basawa and its environs.
He said following these findings, the three suspects were
promptly charged to court for prosecution.
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