The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 986 suspects during the lockdown order in the state.
This was revealed by the state Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Muri, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday.
He said that 48 of those arrested were mostly religious leaders and beer parlour operators.
According to the commissioner of police, some of the suspects have been prosecuted while the others will be arraigned before the court subsequently.
The CP also said that the command, in collaboration with the force headquarters in Abuja, had on Feb. 5, launched a well-coordinated operation code-named “Taking the battle to the bandits’ camps”.
“In the joint operation, we identified several notorious bandits’ camps around the Birnin Gwari and Giwa axis and destroyed them.
“However, the gallant determination of our personnel yielded successes.
“We apprehended 91 suspects for various crimes which include banditry, armed robbery, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, shop breaking, theft, and other mundane crimes.
“The recoveries we made during investigations include, 15 AK47 rifles, ten pistols, ten locally made guns, one pump action rifle”.
