Following the recent rise of Thuggery and Youth restiveness in Minna metropolis after the Sallah celebration, the Niger State Police Command says it has re-strategised and carried out sting operations in some locations in the metropolis.
The Operation between April 4 and 6 saw the arrest of about 50 suspected Thugs, Social Miscreants and Armed Robbers with dangerous weapons.
A statement by the spokesman of the Police, Superintendent Wasi’u Abiodun, on April 4 at about 2am, sting Operations led by Area Commander Minna within Angwan-Daji and its environs, saw the arrest of nineteen suspects who are between the ages of 17 and 22.
According to Abiodun, earlier on April 3 at about 2.30am, twenty-three suspects were arrested at a hotel within Tunga with Shisha smoking apparatus and other Illicit Drugs and Cannabis, while thirteen others were arrested within the community with dangerous weapons.
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Similarly, On April 5 at about 11.30pm, information was received from the Barkin-Sale area of Minna that some miscreants were fomenting trouble, and Operation Flush moved in immediately; six miscreants were arrested.
The suspects, who are also between the ages of 19 and 22, were arrested with a cutlass and a sharp knife.
All suspects are under investigation in SCID Minna. However, monitoring and raid of criminal hideout continues, while normalcy has been restored in the metropolis.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
