Police arrest 65 suspects, recover weapons, drugs in Borno raids

The Borno State Police Command has arrested 65 suspects and recovered weapons and illicit drugs during coordinated raids across parts of the state.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday in Maiduguri by the command’s spokesperson, Nahum Kenneth Daso, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Naziru Abdulmajid.

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According to the statement, the arrests followed intelligence-led operations carried out by the Rapid Response Squad between January 5 and 8, targeting suspected criminal hideouts across the state.

The statement said recovered items included cutlasses, knives, wraps of Indian hemp and other hard drugs, tablets of tramadol and Exol, shisha equipment, and other dangerous substances.

The commissioner of police said the suspects are under investigation and will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.

Abdulmajid assured residents of sustained efforts to curb crime and urged the public to provide timely information to support security operations.