{"id":12485,"date":"2017-04-23T19:44:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T18:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=12485"},"modified":"2017-04-23T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T18:44:20","slug":"police-in-niger-announces-the-arrest-of-cattle-rustler-notorious-armed-robbers-kidnappers-receives-arms-and-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/police-in-niger-announces-the-arrest-of-cattle-rustler-notorious-armed-robbers-kidnappers-receives-arms-and-ammunition\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Niger announces the arrest of Cattle rustler, notorious Armed robbers, Kidnappers ….receives arms and ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n

The Police in Niger state have confirmed the arrest of a notorious cattle rustler, identified as Haruna Garba, as well as the recovery of one AK47 rifle, with five rounds of live ammunition and 13 empty shells is expelled ammunition.<\/p>\n

It stated this in a Press statement made available to newsmen in Minna , the state capital over the weekend by the Spokesman of the\u00a0 Command, DSP Bala Elkana.<\/p>\n

The release added that the incident occurred last Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at about 0200hours(2am Nigerian time) after the Command’s\u00a0 Special Anti-Cattle Rustling Team raided a cattle rustlers\u2019 den at Nkuchi, Paiko Local Government of the state.<\/p>\n

Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police , stated further that during the operation, which lasted for hours, two of the hoodlums were fatally injured and one of them by name Haruna Garba was arrested.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, he said, One AK47 Rifle with 5rounds of live ammunitions and 13 empty shells were recovered from the suspect who is now cooling his heels in the Police cell at the State’s\u00a0\u00a0 Criminals Investigation and Intelligence Department ( SCIID) of the Command in Minna.<\/p>\n

He stated further that the suspect has since confessed to the crime and he is\u00a0 assisting the Police with information about the underworld activities of his other accomplice in crime , some of whom\u00a0 are still at large as of the time of filing this report on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The release stated that investigation of the case is still ongoing as the suspect would be arraigned and charged to Court ad soon as the police\u00a0 investigation\u00a0 into the matter was concluded .
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The long arm of the law has caught up with s Four- Man gang of Armed robbers -cum Kidnappers in Niger state , following their arrest by the Anti-Robbery Squad of the state Police Command , in conjunction with the Special Tactical Squad of the Inspector General of\u00a0 Police attached to the Command .<\/p>\n

The suspects, were identified as\u00a0 Nelson Paul who claimed to be an indigene of Kaduna state, Abubakar Idris , Idris Bello, Idris Saleh and Bungel Saleh, all of Injita village , in Munya Local Government of Niger state.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0 were said to have been arrested last Thursday, April 20, 2017 at about 100 hours( 1am Nigeria time) at their criminal hideout following a distress call by some concerned members of the public.<\/p>\n

National Wire learnt\u00a0 that the first suspect,\u00a0 Nelson Paul,\u00a0 \u2018m\u2019 of Kugama in Kaduna state, who doubles as the gang leader is said to be a notorious Gun runner and was arrested in the process of selling one AK47 rifle to his other accomplice in crime,\u00a0 Idris Bello, Abdulkadir Bello and Idris Salah when they were allegedly caught napping by the police.<\/p>\n

An insider Police source told our correspondent\u00a0 over the weekend in Minna,\u00a0 that the following firearms were recovered from the gang: one locally made SMG Gun with six rounds of live Ammunition, two Revolver locally made Gun with four live Cartridges, three locally made Single Barrel Gun and one Dane Gun.<\/p>\n

The source who craved for anonymity said “the investigation has so far\u00a0 revealed that Nelson Paul and his three accomplice in crime now in police cells\u00a0 are notorious armed robbers and kidnappers terrorizing Niger, Kaduna and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory .<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0 the Image Maker, Niger State Command of the Nigeria Police Force\u00a0 DSP Bala Elkana has also\u00a0 confirmed the arrest in a brief chat with our correspondent over the weekend in Minna,\u00a0\u00a0 saying that\u00a0 the\u00a0 “suspects confessed to have kidnapped a four year old\u00a0 school pupil,\u00a0 collected the sum of N10 million,\u00a0 as ransom from the victim\u2019s family(names withheld)while the\u00a0 case is still\u00a0 under investigation”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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