In Azare town, Katagum Local Government Area, police officers in Bauchi State detained two suspected armed robbers who were found with two locally made guns and a stolen motorcycle.
According to a spokesman for the State Police Command, Ahmad Wakil, who made this disclosure to journalists on Sunday in Bauchi, a resident of the Gandum Wambai neighborhood in Azare called police on Saturday to report a distress call.
The caller reported that armed people had allegedly threatened the owners of his GKY Food and Oil Mills business with firearms before fleeing with a motorcycle.
Working alongside local vigilantes, operatives from the Azare Divisional Police Headquarters launched a search that resulted in the arrest of the suspects at Lafiya village along the Lafiya–Gwasame Road.
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Two locally produced guns and a stolen Bajaj motorcycle are among the items recovered from the suspects, according to a command spokesman.
Wakil praised the officers and members of the vigilance group for their swift and coordinated response, according to Sani-Omolori Aliyu, the police commissioner.
He reaffirmed the command’s commitment to keeping proactive measures against crime and ensuring the State’s protection of lives and property, he said.
Wakil stated that further investigation was being conducted to ascertain whether the suspects had any connections to a wider criminal network.
Source: Channels TV
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