105 Suspected Criminals Nabbed In Kano

Kano State Police Command has arrested 105 suspects successful 30 large cases astir the authorities successful September 2025.

The authorities commissioner of police, Ibrahim Bakori, announced this astatine a property briefing yesterday astatine Bompai Police Headquarters.

He said the arrests were palmy due to the fact that of the effectiveness of “Operation Kukan Kura”, a broad information inaugural launched successful compliance with the inspector-general of constabulary (IGP’s) directive to follow community-centered proactive transgression prevention strategies.

“This cognition has been instrumental successful curbing each forms of transgression activities and fostering a safer situation for each successful the state,” Bakori stated, emphasising the monolithic simplification successful crimes achieved wrong 1 month.

He explained that the suspects included 17 equipped robbers, 57 thugs (Yan-Daba), 9 centrifugal conveyance thieves, 8 cause dealers, 5 motorcycle thieves and 9 thieves.

The CP said the bid recovered Tramadol and Pregabalin tablets worthy N82.7 cardinal from immoderate suspects successful Rimin Auzinawa Quarters, who volition beryllium handed implicit to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for prosecution.

He said different betterment included 3 AK-47 rifles, 3 English pistols, 3 revolver pistols, 1 locally made AK-47 rifle, 1 Dane gun, 2 locally made pistols, 7 rounds of unrecorded ammunition, 42 centrifugal vehicles, 2 tricycles, 13 motorcycles and 3 cows.

Bakori said a important quantity of drugs was seized, including 603 packets of Tramadol tablets (60,300 pieces valued astatine N60.3 million), six cartons of Pregabalin capsules (44,850 pieces valued astatine N22.4 million) and 523 parcels of suspected cannabis sativa.

Other exhibits included 58 unsafe weapons specified arsenic swords, cutlasses, knives, axes and 5 Point of Sales (PoS) machines.

Bakori praised Kano residents for their practice and urged continued enactment done the proviso of credible information.

“The Kano State Police Command remains committed to its law mandate of protecting lif and property, maintaining instrumentality and order, and preventing crimes,” helium said.