The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Monday says it operatives have raided some criminal hideouts along the Dei-Dei -Zuba axis of the territory and arrested 307 suspects.
The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, disclosed this during a media briefing on Monday in Abuja.
He stated that the suspects, consisting of 293 males and 14 females, were arrested when he led the tactical team of the command to raid the hideouts on Sunday.
Igweh said the team was made up of personnel of the newly-inaugurated “Operation Velvet”, initiated to raid marked black spots in the territory.
Igweh explained that the suspects were arrested in a marked black spot, “Gidan Dambe”, in the Dei-Dei-Zuba axis, where kidnappers from Niger, Kaduna, and other communities usually meet to relax.
He added that one English Pistol with 15 rounds of live ammunition was recovered from one of the suspects who claimed to be personnel of the Department of State Services.
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Igweh further disclosed that pistols, motorcycles, drugs of different makes, illicit substances, suspected to be Indian hemp, handsets of different makes, and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.
He added that valuables suspected to have been stolen from innocent residents were also recovered.
The CP said the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of screening and investigation.
Igweh warned those operating illegal “Gidan Dambe” in the FCT to desist from harboring criminals or be ready to face the law.
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