{"id":1894,"date":"2025-09-16T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:05:16","slug":"police-arrest-suspect-for-supplying-arms-to-bandits-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/police-arrest-suspect-for-supplying-arms-to-bandits-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Suspect For Supplying Arms To Bandits In Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police in Zamfara State have arrested Nasuru Dawan Jiya, for allegedly supplying arms to bandits.<br \/><br \/>Yazid Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Zamfara State Police Command, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.<br \/><br \/>He said the suspect was nabbed on September 15 by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit.<br \/><br \/>According to him, the police operatives were on routine patrol along Gummi\u2013Sokoto Road when they intercepted a Toyota Corolla vehicle conveying passengers from Sokoto to Gummi.<br \/><br \/>\u201cUpon conducting a thorough search of the vehicle at Gambanda Godabe village in Gummi LGA, the team recovered the following items, concealed inside a bag of oranges belonging to one Nasuru Dawan Jiya:<br \/><br \/>\u201cFour AK-47 rifles, two hundred (200) rounds of live PKT ammunition, twenty-eight (28) rounds of live AK-47 ammunition, four (4) empty AK-47 magazines.<br \/><br \/>\u201cDuring preliminary investigation, the suspect, Nasuru Dawan Jiya, confessed to transporting the arms and ammunition to bandits operating in Gurusu village,\u201d the statement read.<br \/><br \/>The Command\u2019s spokesman said the case is being investigated, assuring that efforts are ongoing to arrest other accomplices and dismantle the criminal network.<br \/><br \/>He also reiterated the Command\u2019s unwavering commitment to ridding the state of criminal elements.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police in Zamfara State have arrested Nasuru Dawan Jiya, for allegedly supplying arms to bandits. Yazid Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Zamfara State Police Command, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the suspect was nabbed on September 15 by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit. 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