500 paraded in Kano over drug, thuggery
The police in Kano State yesterday paraded over 500 suspected miscreants (Yan-daba), including political thugs, drug sellers and users in the state. The suspects were arrested at various locations during the raid of criminal hideouts across the state capital by the operatives of the force in its effort to rid the state of criminals ahead […]
Suspected oil thieves being paraded by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Port Harcourt on Wednesday
The police in Kano State yesterday paraded over 500 suspected miscreants (Yan-daba), including political thugs, drug sellers and users in the state.
The suspects were arrested at various locations during the raid of criminal hideouts across the state capital by the operatives of the force in its effort to rid the state of criminals ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
The spokesman of the command, DSP Haruna Abdullahi, who paraded the suspects at the police headquarters, said a large cache of weapons and hard drugs were recovered from them.
“In an effort to sanitize and pave way for peaceful general elections in the State, the Command had carried out vigorous raids of criminal hideouts and black spots, arrest of known and identified criminals and recover large cache of weapons and hard drugs (Kwaya).
“Notably, about 500 suspected members of gang of Yan daba, political thugs, drug sellers and users were arrested.
“Large quantities of machetes, weapons including sticks, swords, and charms were recovered from the suspects. Also recovered are various intoxicating substances such as diazaphern, valium 5, Indian hemp, solution, suck and die, potwin injection among others,” he said.
He said the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution immediately.
He described the arrest as a continuation of the command’s security and safety strategy towards ensuring hitch-free forthcoming general elections in the State.