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By Kenny EMMAN
Operatives of Nasarawa Police Command anti kidnapping squad in collaboration with the Vigilante Group of Nasarawa Eggon on Tuesday raided a suspected kidnapper’s den located in Nasarawa Eggon LGA and arrested 109 illegal miners.
A statement issued and made available to Journalists in Lafia, the spokesman of the command, DSP Raham Nansel, disclosed.
The operation was in compliance with the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada towards reducing the spate of criminal activities in Nasarawa state.
Recall, Nadada had directed the Command’s Anti-kidnapping unit in collaboration with the Vigilante group of Nasarawa Eggon LGA to embark on a massive raid of kidnappers’ den located at Alogani mountains, a hide out of the kidnappers terrorizing the residents of the state.
The operation stretches from Mada station to Wakama, a mountainous area where the criminals (kidnappers), use as a hideout to keep their victims until a ransom is paid.
The statement said that during the search by the combined team of the operatives, the kidnappers had deserted all the camps before the arrival of the operatives.
Nadada said 109 persons suspected to be illegal miners were arrested at different locations on the mountain carrying out illegal mining of solid minerals such as Topaz, Tin, and Aquamarine. A dane gun, cutlasses, knives illegally mined solid minerals, etc were recovered from the suspects as exhibit.
“The suspected miners have been profiled and investigation is ongoing. Commissioner of Police has ordered continuous clampdown on criminal hideouts in the state,” the PPRO declared.
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