Jigawa Police recover over 13,000 illicit drugs, N441,000 cash during operations
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse
The Jigawa State Police Command has recovered over 13,000 illicit drugs, five blocks of cannabis, and more than N400,000 cash in Sara, Bamaina, and Sindimina towns during a recent operation.
Jigawa State Commissioner of Police, Dahiru Muhammad, assured the safety of lives and property across the state, adding that the Command had recorded another remarkable breakthrough.
The Commissioner said police operatives attached to Hadejia “B” Division, while acting on credible intelligence, intercepted one Idris Muhammed, aged 35 years, of Babbar Ruga, Malam Madori LGA, along Turabu–Hadejia Road, in possession of three cows reasonably suspected to be stolen.
During the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed that the cows were stolen from Kukareta, Matti Local Government Area of Yobe State, by one Kaura Dillali, who is currently at large.
Efforts are being intensified to trace and arrest the fleeing suspect. The arrested suspect has since been charged to court to face the full wrath of the law.
Similarly, on the same date, at about 11:12 hrs, the Surveillance Team attached to Hadejia 'A' Division encountered one Bale (surname unknown), a notorious receiver of stolen property who has been on the Command’s wanted list. On sighting the operatives, the suspect abandoned his unregistered Jincheng motorcycle, with Chassis No. LJCPAGALH06SC06496 and Engine No. LH0606496, and fled the scene.
The said motorcycle has been recovered and is in police custody, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspect.
In another development, the Jigawa State Police Command, through the combined efforts of operatives from Sara, Bamaina, and Sundimina Divisions, has successfully carried out coordinated raids leading to the arrest of three (3) suspected drug dealers and the recovery of a large quantity of illicit drugs and cash proceeds.
The operations, which were conducted following credible intelligence reports, targeted known hotspots for the sale and distribution of hard drugs in Sara, Bamaina, and Sundimina areas.
During the raids, the operatives recovered thirteen thousand, six hundred and twenty-two (13,622) pieces of assorted illicit drugs and N441,975 in cash, believed to be proceeds from illegal drug sales.