Police in Nasarawa arrest 1165 suspects in 2021 – Reports
Story from Ibraheem Hamza MUHAMMAD, Lafia
The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigerian Police has disclosed that it arrested different suspects in the year 2021.
The spokesperson of the command, ASP Rahman Nansel made the disclosure in Lafia that, “From January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, the State Police Command has arrested suspects, including 104 kidnappers; 102 armed robbers; 309 cultists; 50 rail track/slippers vandals; 61 Rapists; 2 Indian hemp dealers; 25 Internet fraudsters and 37 suspects attested for culpable homicide.
“Items recovered are 82 umbers of firearms; 1116; ammunitions recovered; 11 vehicles; 24 laptops; 45 motorcycles; 12 tricycles, 38 bags of Indian hemp and 475 people arrested for sundry offences.”.
According to him, the Command, under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Adesina Soyemi is poised to safeguard the lives and property of the good people of Nasarawa State, thereby creating a peaceful environment for businesses to strive against crime and criminals.
ASP Nansel said that the successes so far recorded which have led to the drastic reduction of crime in the state were made possible due to the untiring support of the State government, reinvigorated community policing mechanism.
He said, the command thanked members of the public for their support and solicited more collaboration in the coming year as the Police Command will not relent on its oars in crime-fighting in order to reduce it to its barest minimum.
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