{"id":159893,"date":"2025-04-19T22:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-6-suspected-kidnappers-recover-4-rifles-in-kaduna"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:17:31","slug":"police-arrest-6-suspected-kidnappers-recover-4-rifles-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-6-suspected-kidnappers-recover-4-rifles-in-kaduna","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 6 suspected kidnappers, recover 4 rifles in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Kaduna State Police Command has arrested six suspected kidnappers, recovering four fabricated AK-47 rifles.<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan said at about 3:20 pm on Thursday, credible intelligence was received from a reliable source regarding the presence of a suspected kidnapper taking refuge at Gida Abe in Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing swiftly on the information, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Tafa Division immediately mobilised a surveillance team to the location,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the team successfully arrested one Isa Ibrahim, 30-year-old, adding that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of a kidnapping gang operating in Kwara.<\/p>\n<p>The police image maker added that the suspect also disclosed that his accomplices had recently been arrested in Kwara, which led him to relocate to Kaduna with the intent to establish a new gang.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan revealed that on the same date, at about 3: 30 pm hours, the DPO of Saminaka received credible intelligence indicating the presence of two notorious suspected bandits in Lamido village, Lere LGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing promptly on the tip-off, the DPO mobilised his patrol team to the location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team successfully apprehended two suspects namely: Sani Liman, from Unguwan Fa, Rami Kura and Murtala Magaji (alias Seto), from Dambata in Galadimawa village, both of Kauru LGA,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman further stated that the suspects confessed to being involved in a series of kidnapping activities within the area.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed on Friday at about 6:00 pm, the DPO Ikara Division, received credible information from a reliable source about the suspicious movement of two suspected gun runners allegedly in possession of firearms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Kaduna State Police Command has arrested six suspected kidnappers, recovering four fabricated AK-47 rifles. The command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna. Hassan said at about 3:20 pm on Thursday, credible intelligence was received from a reliable source regarding the presence of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":159892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[96,254,165],"class_list":["post-159893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest 6 suspected kidnappers, recover 4 rifles in Kaduna - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kaduna State Police Command has arrested six suspected kidnappers, recovering four fabricated AK-47 rifles. 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