Nigeria Police Force has arrested over one thousand armed robbery, kidnapping and cattle rustling suspects within one year of the creation of the Operation Absolute Sanity on the Kaduna/Abuja highways.

The team includes Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Squad, Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Intelligence Response Team, Special Tactical Squad, Force Intelligence Branch and Police Helicopters.

The operation was to complement and augment the on-going Joint Police/Military operations on ground before now.

Force Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said this while addressing newsmen on the arrest of 32 suspects in connection with armed robbery, kidnapping and cattle rustling on Monday in Tafa, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Moshood, an Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police said the arrest cut across Kogi, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Zamfara and FCT, among others.

He said the force would not relent in its efforts to reduce crimes to the barest minimum in the country, saying the operation would be sustained and extended to other parts of the country.

Moshood said the 32 suspects specialised in attacking travelers on the Kaduan/Abuja highway, saying items recovered from the suspects included 22 Ak 47 rifles, one Toyota Corolla car, and 127 AK 47 ammunition.

He said the suspects, who confessed to the various roles they played in the crimes, would be charged to court on completion of investigation, saying contrary to insinuation by members of the public, the police did not release suspects after presenting them to the media.

Moshood said the police does not release suspects after parading them as alleged by the public, saying the police would always ensure suspects arrested were prosecuted according to the laws of the land.

He said several convictions had been secured, saying the police and the judiciary must work together to achieve results, and urged appropriate authority to dispense cases to avoid the recycling of suspects by the police.