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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 1,146 suspects who are members of various high-profile criminal gangs.<\/p>\n

Of the number, 446 have been convicted by courts while 720 others are awaiting trial.<\/p>\n

The arrests, effected from January this year to date, were carried out by the Anti-kidnapping Unit, Anti- Shilla Squad, CID Personnel, SIB and other Divisional Police operatives of the command, in conjunction with hunters, Pulaku and Vilante members.<\/p>\n

The state Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, made the disclosure during a news briefing at the police headquarters in Yola, where he gave an account of his stewardship in the eight months that he has been the commissioner of police.<\/p>\n

Giving a breakdown of the arrests, the CP said they included 21 suspects in connection with the recent killings of seven persons in Dasin Bwate, in Fufore LGA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Command was able to dislodge and apprehend over 400 radical armed Shilla Boys and were charged to court. They are now remanded in prison custody,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe Command has also apprehended over 121 kidnappers from across the State and rescued some kidnapped victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CP said the command also cracked and apprehended some notorious highway robbers terrorizing Numan-Gombe road, Numan-Jalingo road and Ngurore\u2013Mayo Belwa road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Command apprehended the notorious receiver of stolen properties, Alhaji Halilu Lafiya, alias SYB, and he has since been prosecuted and convicted,\u201d the CP added.<\/p>\n

He listed items recovered as 20 AK-47 rifles, three G3 rifles, two pump action guns, seven single barrel guns, 11 locally fabricated guns, 600 rounds of live ammunition, 115 cartridges, eight stolen motor vehicles, 18 tricycles, 11 motorcycles, as well as large quantities of hard drugs, intoxicating substances, and weeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 1,146 suspects who are members of various high-profile criminal gangs. Of the number, 446 have been convicted by courts while 720 others are awaiting trial. 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