Police Nab Bandits Trying To Buy AK-47 Rifle

The police in Kano State yesterday arrested four suspected bandits who were on a mission to purchase an AK-47 rifle.

The command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna, said in a statement that the command had recorded a significant breakthrough in its efforts to curb the infiltration of banditry and related crimes in the state.

He said, “On 6th March 2025, at about 2:00 pm, a team of police detectives led by SP Ahmad Abdullahi, Officer-in-Charge of Jar Kuka Out-Post, Kano, apprehended four suspected bandits at Chula Filling Station, Hotoro Quarters, Kano.

“The suspects, namely Shukurana Salihu, 25, Rabi’u Dahiru, 35, and Ya’u Idris, 30, all from Katsina State and Muktar Sani, 30 years old, of Yandodo Hotoro Quarters, Kano, were arrested based on credible intelligence that they were in Kano with intent to purchase an AK-47 rifle.”

He said following a thorough search, they recovered three locally-made revolver pistols, 12 live ammunition of different calibers and three cartridges.