Police foil robbery attempt, arrest suspect with N4.9m in Kano
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber, Hassan Iliya and recovered two AK-47 rifles with 47 rounds of live ammunition.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullah Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, said the sum of four million, nine hundred and eight-six Thousand Naira (N4,986,000.00) was also recovered from the suspect.
According to the PPRO, the suspect and his gang stormed a house in Kunchi Local Government Area of the state, attacked the owner and robbed him of N15m.
“On 05/08/2024 at about 02:00am, a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State reported that armed robbers stormed his residence, attacked him, and robbed him of Fifteen Million Naira (N15,000,000.00),” the statement read.
