The Kaduna State Police Command today said it had arrested 71 suspected criminals in the state within the past three weeks.
The state’s Police Commissioner Ali Janga said this at a news conference at the command’s headquarters, Kaduna.
Janga said he felt obliged to keep the media abreast of the command’s strategies and successes in combating crime and criminality in Kaduna State within the period under review.
The 71 suspects were arrested for various offences such as criminal conspiracy, robbery, kidnapping, and culpable homicide.
They were also arrested for alleged mischief by fire, inciting disturbance, causing grievous hurt, illegal possession of firearm, and possession of illicit drugs.
Other offences for which the suspects were arrested are public nuisance, smoking in public places, belonging to the gang of wandering brigands, and shop breaking and theft.
