POLICE BURST SYNDICATE, ARREST 11 KIDNAPPERS, RECOVER RIFLES, PISTOLS, LIVE AMMUNITION IN TARABA
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), in collaboration with Taraba State Police Command, have arrested Eleven suspects for their complicity and roles in the recent trend of kidnapping incidents, including the kidnapping of a personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service, a relative of the Emir of Jalingo and the killing of a Police Sergeant in Jalingo.
The Police team also recovered Seven AK47 rifles, Two Beretta pistols, One hundred and twenty-one rounds of live ammunition of different calibre, Four magazines, masks, illicit drugs and other incriminating items during raids of their hideouts.
Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team were drafted by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to Taraba State to complement the efforts of the State Police Command in a bid to flush out criminals from the State.
The suspects are: Luka Adam, Shuaibu Nuhu, Moses Amos, Peters Mashi, Ahmadu Mallam, Adamu Mohammed, Dahiru Mallam Dalha, Gambo Isah, Sanusi Ahmadu, Mallam Mohammed Mauludu and Ibrahim Idi. They are all said to be indigenes of Taraba State.
"The suspects are members of a notorious and brutal kidnap syndicate and have been evidentially linked to the recent upsurge in incidents of kidnapping in the State, including the deliberate and calculated attacks on security personnel.
"Investigations also revealed how two of the suspects, Gambo Isah and Sanusi Ahmadu masterminded the killing of the Police Sergeant and left a Police Inspector with gunshot injuries in their recent operation in Jalingo", the Police statement read in part.
Police equally identified and raided various hideouts and dens where kidnap victims are usually kept. Cache of weapons and other incriminating items were recovered from the hideouts. All kidnap victims held hostage at the various hideouts were successfully rescued re-united with their families.
It was also stated that efforts are in top gear to arrest other fleeing suspects. The IGP commended the Taraba Police Command and the good people of the State for their co-operation. He condoled the family of the late Sergeant Ogidi Habu. He said all the suspects will have their days in Courts soon.
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