By Miriam Humbe
Based on credible information, Police operatives attached to Mararaba ‘A’ Division have arrested the trio of Salim Hussaini 22 years, Abdulkadir Musa, 20 years, and Dimas Danja 24 years, all males of Yelwa road, Aso Pada, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State.
One locally fabricated riffle, a knife and criminal charms were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.
DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed on behalf of the Commissioner of Police Nasarawa State Command, CP Shehu Umar Nadada.
The suspects have confessed to belonging to gang of armed robbers terrorising Mararaba and its environs.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects had on 02/10/2024 at about 22:40 hours, stormed a residential building in Yelwa village road, Aso Pada, to carry out their nefarious activity but met stiff resistance and fled.
The Police was contacted, and investigation was launched into the case. That led to the subsequent arrest of the criminals.
Similarly, on 05/10/2024 at 14:00 hours, actionable intelligence at the disposal of Police detectives attached to New Karu Area command revealed that one Mohammed Aliyu Abubakar of Mabushi, FCT Abuja and three others were in possession of a Blue Toyota Camry with registration number RBC 980 DA suspected to stolen, and were in search of a buyer.
Responding swiftly to the intercept, the detectives stormed the location of the criminals who took to flight on sighting the Police but luck ran out of the suspect; he was arrested and the vehicle recovered to the station.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has called on the owner of the stolen vehicle to visit New Karu Area Command with proof of ownership to claim the recovered vehicle.
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