By Miriam Humbe
On Sunday, at about 03:45 hours, a distress call was received by the Divisional Police Officer, New Karu Division, that there was an ongoing armed robbery operation at High Tension Community, New Karu where hoodlums in their numbers were attacking residents of the area and dispossessing them of their belongings.
DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), revealed this in a statement signed on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State, CP Shehu Umar Nadada.
Reacting to the unsavoury development, the Divisional Police Officer swiftly mobilised his men and moved to the scene.
On sighting, the operatives, the hoodlums took to their heels, but were given a hot chase that led to the arrest of one Abubakar Nasiru 21 years, Yusuf Abdullahi 18 years, Bashiru Sani 35 years, and Ibrahim Adamu all males of New Karu.
Two Laptops, Eight mobile phones of different brands, one Power Bank, an MP3 Player, 3 ATM cards, one Dane gun, A flat screen television set, three flash drives, one cutlass and a catapult were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.
In another development, police operatives attached to Karshi Division have arrested one Danjuma Mujumba ‘M’ of Orozo, Fct Abuja, a notorious motorcycle Snatcher and recovered a stolen motorcycle.
The suspect attacked an unsuspecting commercial motorcyclist and snatched his Bajaj Motorcycle before nemesis caught up with him.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has therefore, ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, for exhaustive investigation and prosecution
