Zamfara State Police Command has busted a kidnapping syndicate and arrested six members of the gang, together with one who masterminded the kidnap of his mom. Addressing journalists on the Zamfara State Police Headquarters, the state police commissioner, who spoke by way of the instructions spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, stated police operatives had acted on intelligence gathered by way of neighborhood policing.    The suspects have been recognized as Thomas Yau of Maikarfi Native Authorities Space of Kaduna State, Abdulsamad Mohammed, Bello Abdullahi and Abubakar Namadi. Others are Suleiman Gabriel and Christopher Gabriel, the entire identical tackle. Talking about  the arrest, he stated: On twelfth February 2023, Zamfara Police Command by way of its neighborhood policing engagement acted on intelligence data that led to the busting of a kidnapping syndicate and the arrest of six infamous kidnappers who've been terrorising completely different villages in Kaduna, Kano and different neighbouring states akin to Zamfara, Sokoto and so forth. He continued: In the midst of investigation, it was found that the suspects had carried out a collection of kidnappings the place an unspecified variety of individuals have been kidnapped and tens of millions of naira collected as ransom. Every suspect additional narrated the variety of kidnappings he participated in in addition to the function he performed in every kidnapping. Surprisingly, one of many suspects, Thomas Yau confessed that someday final 12 months, he masterminded the kidnapping of his organic mom and three others; because of the kidnapping, they collected the sum of N30 million from relations as ransom, and, in flip, he was given a million as his share. The case is beneath discreet investigation and shall be charged to court docket for prosecution. Talking additional, the police spokesman defined that the command additionally arrested a feminine gunrunner who specialised in supplying arms to bandits and felony components in Zamfara and neighbouring states. In line with him, 325 rounds of AK-47 dwell ammunition have been recovered from the suspect, Fatima Sani, who hailed from Kaura Namoda Native Authorities Space of the state. Shehu recounted: On thirteenth February 2023 Police detectives arrested the feminine gunrunner in possession of 325 rounds of dwell ammunition, following the intelligence data obtained about her motion with the stated exhibit from Lafia in Nasarawa State to a infamous bandits kingpin hibernating within the Zamfara forest. In the midst of interrogation, the suspect confessed to having earlier provided three AK-47 rifles and 1, 000 rounds of AK-47 dwell ammunition to bandits working inside Zamfara. A discreet investigation is in progress and the suspect shall be charged to court docket for prosecution. He additionally disclosed the arrest of Rabiu Umar of Gusau who was arrested with 1, 000 registered MTN SIM playing cards that are allegedly bought to bandits and different felony components. On fifteenth February 2023, upon intelligence that the suspect was seen with an uncountable variety of registered MTN sim playing cards. Police operatives swung into motion, arrested the suspect and carried out an on-the-spot search and the displays have been recovered from him. The suspect confessed that the sim playing cards have been on the market to prospects in search of registered sim playing cards, he said. He additional said: It's well-known to everybody that it's not permitted by the NCC to promote registered sim playing cards of any community. An investigation is in progress with a view to arresting different suspects earlier than being charged to court docket for prosecution.The submit Police arrests female gunrunner, kidnapper of own mother, and other kidnappers in Zamfara appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.