The Katsina State Police Command has apprehended 15 suspects involved in various criminal activities, including kidnapping and fraud, based on credible intelligence.
The suspects were publicly paraded at the Command Headquarters in Katsina, with Police Spokesman ASP Abubakar Sadiq providing details of the arrests.
Among those presented were four suspected members of a notorious kidnap-for-ransom syndicate who were apprehended on different occasions in April.
Additionally, ten individuals suspected of engaging in fraudulent activities, specializing in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public using counterfeit currencies, were also part of the lineup.
The suspects were arrested with credible information about their activities in a house situated at Bakin Kasuwa quarters, Kankia LGA.
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The command also paraded a 30-year-old suspected notorious member of a kidnap-for-ransom syndicate terrorising Faskari Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina and its environs.
The suspect, identified as Lawal Alhaji Idris of Shuwaki village, reportedly confessed to the commission of the offence during police interrogation.
He added that his cohorts, who remain at large, included Tsoho Danfulani (m), Miyalla Danfulani (m), and Zaharaddini Danyaro (m), all of the same address.
The items recovered from the suspects included three rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, a bottle containing liquid suspected to be mercury and 144 pieces of suspected counterfeit N1,000 notes with the suspects admitting to having committed the crimes.
