The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 307 suspects as it raided some criminal hideouts along the Dei-Dei -Zuba axis of the nation’s capital.
The Commissioner of Police un charge of the FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, made this known during a chat with newsmen on Monday in Abuja.
He pointed out that the suspects, consisting of 293 males and 14 females, were arrested when he led the tactical team of the command to raid the hideouts on Sunday.
Igweh said the team was made up of personnel of the newly-inaugurated ‘Operation Velvet’, established to raid marked black spots in the territory.
He stated that the suspects were arrested in a marked black spot, ‘Gidan Dambe’, in the Dei-Dei-Zuba axis, where kidnappers from Niger, Kaduna, and other communities usually meet to relax.
The CP disclosed that one English Pistol with 15 rounds of live ammunition was recovered from one of the suspects who claimed to be personnel of the Department of State Services.
He noted that pistols, motorcycles, drugs of different makes, illicit substances, suspected to be Indian hemp, handsets of different makes, and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.
He said that valuables suspected to have been stolen from innocent residents were also recovered.
The CP said the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of screening and investigation.
Igweh warned those operating illegal ‘Gidan Dambe’n the FCT to desist from harbouring criminals or be ready to face the law.
