A 20-year-old boy and a 200-Level Accountancy student of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Ibrahim Kabir, has been paraded by the Kaduna state police command for robbery.
Kabir who confessed to the crime was among a 15-man gang of suspected armed robbers, who specializes in snatching cars, motorcycles, and women handbags in the state and other neighbouring states in the North.
An AK47 rifle, four berretta pistols, four single barreled short guns, five single barreled long guns, 39 rounds of live ammunition and 92 live cartridges were recovered from the robbers.
According to the State Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu ,the robbery suspects were arrested in Zaria, Kafanchan and the state capital by operatives of the Special Intelligence Bureau of the command while on a stop and search operation following a tip-off by members of the public.
A total of eight assorted vehicles, including a Prado jeep and 14 motorcycles were also recovered from the suspected robbers.
It was learnt that the suspects sold off the stolen vehicles in the Republic of Niger to their accomplices.
He said the command was working closely with the Interpol in Niger Republic to track down the remaining stolen vehicles and their buyers.
