Personnel of Zamfara State Command have busted a gang of bandits, killing one of them. The police also arrested six suspects for banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling in the Northwest Nigerian state. The police also repelled a bandit attack on a community in Gusau and Maru local government areas of the state and recovered two AK-47s, 104 rounds of live ammunition, two magazines for AK-47s and a bunch of charms.
Police Bust Bello Turji’s Terror Gang, Kill One, Arrest 2 Members, Others, Recover AK-47s, Live Ammunition In Zamfara, Northwest NigeriaThe police also repelled a bandit attack on a community in Gusau and Maru local government areas of the state.The police also arrested six suspects for banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling in the Northwest Nigerian state.
"Luckily enough, one of the bandits was neutralised and others were repelled by the superior firepower of the police operatives, as such they retreated back to the forest with possible gunshot wounds. Two AK-47 rifles, two magazines, 104 rounds of live ammunition and a bunch of charms belonging to the bandits were recovered at the scene," he said.
The police also arrested 30-year-old Musbahu Aminu from Yabawa village in the Maradun Local Government Area of the state, who was allegedly a member of a notorious bandit gang led by Halilu Kachalla. In a similar development, the police on January 2, 2023, arrested a 25-year-old Abu Umaru from Doka village in the Gusau Local Government Area of the state for banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other heinous crimes.Umaru was arrested at about 1215 hours by police tactical operatives deployed along Gusau-Tsafe Road on “rigorous patrol while coming out of the forest”.
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