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Police foils bandit attack, arrests one in Kaduna

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Police operatives in Kaduna on Thursday foiled a bandit attack and arrested one suspect in the state.

The spokesman for the state police command, DSP Muhammad Jalige, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, said five motorcycles were also impounded by the operatives.

The spokesman added that the command got information on Thursday that bandits were sighted on motorcycles along the Galadimawa-Tumburku Road in Giwa local government area of the state.

“The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yekini Ayoku, ordered the deployment of men of ‘Operation Whirl Punch’ and those of the divisional team to clear the highway of the miscreants.

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“In the ensuing engagement, the bandits succumbed to the superior firepower of the police operatives and scampered in different directions with bullet wounds.

“This was not before one of the outlaws from Madugu Village was apprehended and five of their operational motorcycles recovered.

“The suspect, who has confessed his involvement in banditry and exhibits were immediately moved to the police station for a thorough investigation.”

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