POLICE FOIL KIDNAP ATTEMPT IN KADUNA .... Recovers Locally Made Pistol, Cartridge

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"The operatives had engaged the suspects, but one of them threw away one locally made pistol with one cartridge before they fled." ASP Hassan, Kaduna Police Spokesman.

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Command Headquarters, Kaduna while on patrol at Asikolaye in Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government Area on Monday, intercepted a three-man syndicate who were about to launch an attack on a person at about 6 a.m.

A statement from the Kaduna Command spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan on Tuesday disclosed that "the operatives had engaged the suspects, but one of them threw away one locally made pistol with one cartridge before they fled."

According to a report monitored from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), ASP Mansir Hassan disclosed that "the suspects escaped arrest even after a hot chase by the police operatives.

"He assured that the fleeing suspects would still be arrested."

ASP Hassan commended residents of the  State residents for providing timely and useful information to the police in the effort to rid the state of all forms of criminality. (NAN)