Insecurity: Katsina police loses five officers, kills 38 bandits
James Danjuma Katsina
Five police officers lost their lives this year in Katsina state during various crime prevention operations, including fighting bandits, kidnappers and rustlers.
This is even as the police have killed 38 suspected bandits and recovered arms, ammunition, and motorcycles used by bandits and related criminals within the same period.
The Spokesman for the Police Command in the state, SP Gambo Isah made this known at a press conference on Thursday.
Isah said that in 2021, the command arrested a total of 999 suspects in connection with 608 cases.
He said that out of the 999 suspects, 874 of them were being prosecuted in various courts, while 12 were under investigation.
He said 246 suspects were also arrested in connection with 195 reported cases of rape and unnatural offences.
He added that 63 victims of human trafficking were rescued and transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) office in Kano State.
Isah said the command was able to arrest 65 suspected kidnappers, and that 63 of them have since been charged to court while two were undergoing investigation.
According to him, 244 suspected cattle rustlers were arrested of which 230 suspects have been charged to court while 14 suspects are under investigation.
He added that 215 kidnap victims were rescued, with a total of 1,243 domestic animals recovered, including 867 cows, 352 sheep, 24 goats and one donkey.
He said weapons recovered in the year include, four General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), 44 AK-47 rifles, one LAR rifle, one G3 rifle, 20 locally made guns, 689 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition of AK 47 riffle, and 109 anti-aircraft ammunition
He said the command also recovered 20 suspected motor vehicles and 18 motorcycles suspected to be stolen or belonged to bandits
