The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three street gang members accused of terrorizing residents in the Basawa Area of Sabon Gari Zaria LGA.
ASP Mansir Hassan, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrests during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Kaduna. He noted that the arrests took place at around 4:00 PM on Tuesday.
He said, ”At about 1600hrs, when the operatives were on routine patrol and arrested the three suspects namely, Shamsu Abdullahi, Hussaini Aliyu, and Muhammad Ahmed all of Zaria City, and within the vicinity of Mammy Market in the Basawa area.
Hassan said that 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.
The PPRO said upon interrogation, the suspects failed to state what they were doing with the dangerous weapons found on them.
Hassan said that investigations conducted by the operatives revealed that the gang were members of a syndicate that had been terrorising residents of Basawa and its environs.
He said that following these findings, the three suspects were promptly charged to court for prosecution.