Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested a total of 810 suspects in 2022 for committing various offences, while it has charged 374 to court.
Commissioner of Police, CP Maiyaki Muhammed Baba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the Command yesterday in Lafia.
According to him, the suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism to rape; adding that the command had secured 23 convictions.
“The Command from January to December, 2022, has recorded remarkable achievements in its fight against crime and criminality in the state.
“Number of armed robbery suspects arrested are 136; number of suspected kidnappers arrested are 112; 138 suspected cultists were arrested; 59 rape suspects and 365 suspects arrested for other sundry offences.
“During the year under review, the number of firearms recovered are 44; 704 live ammunition recovered; 5 vehicles and 6 motorcycles were also recovered; 14 handsets and N600, 000 recovered,” he said.
Baba said the strategies put in place during the yuletide to curtail the excesses of criminals yielded positive results, as police operatives attached to various divisions recorded breakthroughs in their operations.
He gave the breakdown of the operation to include the arrest of a four-man armed robbery syndicate at Sabon-peg, Shabu area of Lafia North; arrest of two suspected cultists around Federal University, Lafia and recovery of a pistol and knife by Anti – cultism Unit of the command.