Katsina State Police Command rescued over 50 kidnapped victims and recovered 229 rustled animals in July.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen yesterday in Katsina, while highlighting the achievements recorded by the command.
He said the police also foiled bandits attacks in many communities.
Aliyu revealed that the recovered 229 rustled animals comprise 161 cows and 68 sheep.
He said 302 suspects were arrested for various crimes during the period under review.
According to him, the criminals apprehended consist 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 include three suspected stolen vehicles, two motorcycles and a quantity of illicit drugs and dried leaves suspected to be cannabis.
Aliyu said the police also recovered a large quantity of vandalised armoured cables.
The PPRO, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Bello Shehu, thanked 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 improve on those successes.
“We urge the public to continue to report suspicious activities and crimes to the nearest police station or use our emergency numbers,” he said.
