KANO STATE POLICE COMMAND DIARY 15TH OCTOBER, 2021

October 16, 2021 12:32 pm

ARREST OF SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS… Illicit Drugs Worth Millions of Naira also Recovered

1. ARREST OF SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS:- On the 23/09/2021 at about 1746hrs, a report was received from a resident of Kwanar Ganduje, Sharada Phase II Quarters, Kano, that he was contacted and threatened on the telephone to pay the sum of Two Million Naira (N2,000,000:00), otherwise, himself or any member of his family would be kidnapped, and that, sometimes in the month of August 2021, he was contacted with the same phone number and was threatened to be kidnap, where he gave the sum of One Million Naira (N1,000,000:00). Upon receipt of the complaint, the Commissioner of Police, Kano state Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi raised and instructed a team of detectives led by SP Shehu Dahiru to trace and arrest the culprit. The team swiftly swung into action. Following credible intelligence and sustained follow-up, trace and arrested the suspects; (i) Salihu Usman, ‘m’, 24 years old, of Anguwan Rogo, Jos, Plateau State, (ii) Mubarak Aliyu, ‘m’, 18 years old, of Duwala area, Jos, Plateau State and (iii) Sahibul Husna Auwal, ‘m’, 17 years old, of Kwanar Ganduje Sharada Quarters, Kano.On preliminary investigation, the suspects confessed to have conspired and sent threatening text messages to the complainant demanding the sum of Two Million Naira (N2,000,000:00), they also confessed to have previously collected the sum of One Million Naira (N1,000,000:00) from him. Suspects will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.

2. ARREST OF SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS:- Based on credible information received, team of detectives led by DSP Mutari Jibrin Dawanau while working on credible intelligence, raided a House located at Sabuwar Gandu Quarters, Kumbosto LGA, Kano State, where two suspects, (i) Musa Abdullahi, ‘m’, 25 years old, of Dandire Sokoto state and (ii) Imran Muhd, ‘m’, 27 years old, of Tirkawa, Sabon Birni LGA, Sokoto State were arrested in possession of; (i) One Hundred and Twenty-nine (129) packets of Exol Tablets valued Three Million, Two Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Naira (N3,225,000.00) (ii) Twenty Five (25) Empty packets of Diazapam Tablets, (iii) Eight ( Mobile Phones, (iv) Ten (10) I’D Cards with different photographs (v) One (1) Toshiba Laptop, (vi) One (1) Sharp Horn, (vii) One (1) suspected Army face mask (viii) Bunch of charms (ix) Cash sum of Sixty Seven Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty Five Naira (N67,935.00). Suspects will be charged to court upon completion of investigation. Command.