The Kano State Police Command said it arrested 90 suspected criminals in Kano metropolis within the last one week.
The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, made the disclosure while showing the suspects to newsmen at the Bompai Police Headquarters in Kano.
He said that the suspects were apprehended during the raids on criminal hideouts in parts of the state on Tuesday and Wednesday.
He explained that it was to check activities of criminally-minded persons that the command raided the hideouts and black spots across the state.
The commissioner said that the suspects were apprehended at Gano area, Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area; Bachirawa quarters, Ungoggo Local Government Area and Emir’s Palace road in Kano Municipal Local Government.
He said that exhibits recovered from the suspects included 64 knives, scissors, axe, iron cutter, charms, wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp and suck-and-die liquid substances.
