Police bust drug dealer, armed robbery syndicate in Katsina

Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected drug dealer and dismantled a four-man armed robbery syndicate operating in Funtua and surrounding communities.
Police spokesperson, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, said in a statement on Tuesday that the operations led to the recovery of drugs, weapons, stolen items and cash.
He said operatives arrested a 22-year-old suspect, Aliyu Umar, popularly known as “Makami,” during a raid in the Jabiri area of Funtua Local Government Area on May 28.
According to him, the arrest followed credible intelligence linking the suspect to drug trafficking activities in the area.
Exhibits recovered from him included 38 Exol tablets, 28 wraps of dr...