Police arrest 20-year-old suspected kidnapper in Bauchi, recover N8.4m cash | TheCable
Umar Sanda, Bauchi commissioner of police, announced this on Tuesday at a media briefing on the activities of the command.of the state, was arrested in September for his alleged involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping, and being in possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition.
He listed items recovered from the suspect to include N8,466,000 cash, one sub-machine gun rifle with 92 live ammunition, one empty magazine, 7.62mm caliber of live ammunition, eight mobile phones, one MP3 player, one Honda motorcycle and one cutlass.According to the police, the suspect said his boss was taking him out on his motorcycle to work as a pastoralist when he was arrested, but his boss fled.
Speaking further, the police commissioner also said on September 7, around 4pm, a patrol team attached to Maina-Maji divisional police headquarters in Alkaleri LGA of the state, killed two kidnap suspects during a raid on their hideout.“On arrival, the kidnappers opened fire on the police operatives and while returning fire, two of the kidnappers were neutralised at the spot and one was arrested,” he said.
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