The Katsina State Police Command has been recording tremendous successes in the ongoing onslaught against banditry in the state.

According to Commissioner of Police, CP Sanusi Buba, the Command recorded a modest achievements in the fight against armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry and other forms of crimes and criminality in the state.

He says the recent recovery of cache of arms and ammunition attests to this.

The detail is as follows:

DEATH OF THREE (3) NOTORIOUS BANDITS AND RECOVERY OF TWO (2) AK 47 RIFLES WITH FIFTEEN ROUNDS OF 7.62MM LIVE AMMUNITION.

On 02/02/2021 at about 21:21hrs, the Area Commander, Dutsinma and team responded to a distress call, that bandits numbering over fifty, on motorbikes, shooting sporadically with AK47 rifles attacked Unguwar Bera and Tashar Mangoro villages of Dutsinma LGA of Katsina state.

The team laid ambush against the hoodlums at a spot between Mara and Tashar Gajere villages of Danmusa LGA.

Fortunately, the bandits were entrapped and the team had an upper hand, neutralized three bandits and recovered two AK 47 rifles with fifteen rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition.

Search parties are still combing the environs with a view of arresting injured bandits and/or recovering dead bodies and their operational weapons.