KEBBI: Police arrests 18 robbery suspects, recover rocket launcher, AK 47 rifles

It was a harvest of criminals when no less than 18 robbery suspects were paraded by men of the Kebbi State Police Command.

According to reports, the arrests were made after policemen raided Koboro, a border community between the state and Zamfara State.

The police said weapons recovered from the suspects after combing bushes for criminal elements include a rocket launcher, 13 AK-47 rifles, a machine gun, 650 live ammunition and 32 live cartridges.

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Reacting to the arrests, Mr. Ibrahim Kabiru, the state Commissioner of Police, said the suspects crossed from Zamfara to the border villages in Bena District of Kebbi killing many and plundered the communities.

“Items recovered from the suspects include five locally-made guns, four axes, four shovels and bunch of charms. To ensure the safety of the border communities, we have deployed mobile force personnel, Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Safer Highway teams, conventional policemen and a surveillance unit to check the activities of bandits in the area,” Kabiru said.

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