Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command through intelligence gathering and community policing, have identified and raided several criminal hotspots across the nation’s capital.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, who disclosed thia during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, said about 560 suspects were arrested during the raid.
He noted that the operations were carried out by Divisions across the Command and resulted in the arrest of “suspects and recovery of illicit drugs, arms and other exhibits”.
According to him, weapons recovered include one locally fabricated pistol, one locally fabricated AK-47 rifle and three live 9mm ammunition.
The CP vowed that the “FCT Police Command will not rest on its oars until these criminal elements are flushed out of the Federal Capital Territory”.
He enjoined members of the public to “continue to partner with the Police by providing timely information that will assist in anti-crime operations aimed at safeguarding the lives and property of residents across the FCT”.
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