Saturday, August 9, 2025 - Operatives of Katsina State Police Command have rescued no fewer than 50 kidnap victims and recovered 229 rustled animals across the state in July.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Aliyu,
disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Katsina, while highlighting the
achievements recorded by the command.
He said that the police also foiled bandits’ attacks in many
communities.
Aliyu revealed that the recovered 229 rustled animals
comprised 161 cows and 68 sheep.
He further said that a total of 302 suspects were arrested
for various crimes during the period under review.
According to him, the criminals apprehended consisted of 14
armed robbery suspects, 22 murder/culpable homicide suspects, and 25 suspected
rapists.
Others, he said were 20 suspected vandals, eight suspected
fraudsters, 26 for illicit drug related offences among others.
He added that other items recovered included three suspected
stolen motor vehicles, two motorcycles, and a quantity of illicit drugs and
dried leaves suspected to be cannabis.
Aliyu further said that the police also recovered a large
quantity of vandalised armoured cables.
The PPRO, on behalf of the CP Bello Shehu, expressed
appreciation to the public for their support and collaboration in
crime-fighting efforts and maintaining law and order in the state.
He solicited more support and cooperation from the public to
enable them to improve on those successes.
“We urge the public to continue reporting suspicious
activities and crimes to the nearest police station or use our emergency
numbers: 0815697777722, 0902220969033 and 07072722539.
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