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Police bust ‘fake’ kidnapping gang, arrest 7, recover counterfeit US dollars

Admin June 21, 2025

Police exhibits

Police exhibits

The Police have recorded several significant breakthroughs across various State Commands in the country, underscoring the effectiveness of intelligence-led policing in dismantling criminal networks and curbing insecurity.

In Katsina State, operatives of the Command acting on a complaint received on February 20, 2025, from one Alhaji Badamasi Bala of Madaci Yan Nono Quarters have cracked a disturbing case of kidnapping involving a 14-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister.

Four months later, the older sister resurfaced and, upon further investigations, she confessed to staging the kidnapping and conspiring with three accomplices, aged 25, 19, and 16, respectively. All suspects have been arrested, and the 4-year-old sister have been rescued unhurt.

In Nasarawa state, following credible intelligence on the movement of a suspected arms trafficker, operatives of the State Police Command launched a swift and strategic operation along the Giza–Kadarko Road in Keana LGA, where a suspicious individual riding an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle was flagged down. Upon sighting the operatives, the suspect abandoned the motorcycle and fled into a nearby bush to evade arrest. A thorough search of the abandoned vehicle led to the recovery of one (1) AK-47 rifle, two (2) magazines, and forty-five (45) rounds of 7.62x39mm live ammunition. Efforts are underway to arrest the fleeing suspect.

Similarly, on June 13, 2025, a joint team comprising operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies acting on credible intelligence, conducted a coordinated raid at Kankare and Zurkuda villages in Birnin Kudu LGA, Jigawa State. The operation led to the arrest of seven suspected fraudsters involved in a network of financial crimes.

Exhibits recovered from them include 46,100 counterfeit United States Dollars (USD), four (4) POS machines, thirteen (13) Android smartphones, twenty-nine (29) keypad phones, six (6) power banks, two (2) vehicle number plates, and various documents suspected to be linked to electronic fraud.

All suspects are currently in custody and undergoing investigation.

 

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