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POLICE BUST KIDNAPPER'S HIDEOUT IN NASARAWA STATE ; RECOVER WEAPONS 

The Nasarawa State Police Command, in its fight against crime has recorded another significant breakthrough in the fight against kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state, as operatives successful bust a kidnapper's den, arrested a suspect, and recovered AK - 47 Rifle.

According to a statement by the command's public relations officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, operatives of the State Intelligence Department (SID), Nasarawa State Command, acting on credible intelligence successfully busted the hideout of a notorious kidnapper at Gidan Akuya Village in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State

It states that, upon sighting the operatives, the criminals attempted to flee the scene but were immediately hunted down by the police leading to the arrest of one Forty Three years old Jibril Yunusa

Meanwhile, a thorough 
 search of the hideout led to the recovery of
one AK-47 rifle
one empty magazine and
one locally fabricated rifle

During interrogation, the suspect confessed to participating in several kidnapping activities within the Keana and Awe axis of the state and has provided useful information to assist ongoing investigations.

In the meantime, the Commissioner of Police, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, has directed operatives to intensify efforts to track down and arrest the fleeing members of the gang, to ensure that they are brought to justice.