The Yobe State Police Command has arrested six suspects in separate operations and recovered three locally fabricated firearms, four rounds of fabricated AK-47 ammunition and N1.08 million suspected to have been stolen.
The command’s spokesman, ASP Yusuf Adamu Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Damaturu.
He said operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), Damaturu, in collaboration with local vigilantes, arrested three suspects at Alagarno village, Damaturu Local Government Area, on September 6.
The suspects were identified as Auwal Umar, 22; Ibrahim Abdullahi, 25; and Aminu Bello, 23.
According to the statement, the suspects were arrested in possession of three locally fabricated firearms and four rounds of fabricated AK-47 ammunition.
Aliyu said investigation was ongoing to determine the source of the firearms, the circumstances surrounding their possession and those involved in their fabrication.
In a separate incident, the police arrested three suspects in Babangida, Tarmuwa Local Government Area, after they allegedly attempted to break into a shop.
The suspects, identified as Baida Musa, 20; Muhammad Ali, 18; and Usman Adamu, 18, were arrested on September 6 following a distress call by the shop owner, Buba Alhaji Bello.
The police said preliminary investigation revealed that the complainant had earlier reported that his shop was burgled on August 26, with N700,000 cash and provisions, including drinks, allegedly stolen.
It said the suspects confessed during interrogation to the earlier incident and disclosed that the latest attempt was their third attempt to break into the same shop.
The suspects also allegedly confessed to breaking into the shop about four months earlier and stealing provisions.