Hoodlum Who Concealed Guns In His Car Paraded Along With Other Criminals.

Hoodlum Who Concealed Guns In His Car Paraded Along With Other Criminals.

A man has been arrested by the police after some AK-47 rifles were concealed in his car. The suspected hoodlum hid the guns in the car’s bonnet which was later discovered by the police officers in Zamfara state.

Meanwhile, the police say they killed 104 armed bandits during an attack in Mahanga forest, Birnin Mogaji local government area of Zamfara State. Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said 50 hideouts in three camps belonging to the bandits were also destroyed.

Moshood said over 500 cattle and 79 Sheep were recovered from the bandits, adding that a policeman was killed during the operation.

He said following the incessant attacks in the state, Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, deployed a joint intervention team of about 1,000 personnel in the state.

He said since their arrival, the team has arrested more than 85 suspects, recovered 27 AK-47 rifles and 52 locally fabricated rifles and other dangerous weapons, 269 cattle, 109 sheep already handed over to their owners.

Moshood said to further consolidate on the successes achieved so far, the IGP has deployed the deputy inspector-general of police, department of operations to coordinate the operation against bandits in the state.

The DIG Department of Operations was also said to have arrived with three surveillance patrol helicopters and crew members to coordinate the operation to completely rout-out all armed bandits from Zamfara and other contiguous states.

He was mandated by the police authorities to also coordinate the Commissioner of Police in Zamfara and personnel of the command to sustain and restore lasting peace throughout the state.