The Kaduna State Police command have neutralised four Bandits terrorising residents of Saminaka in Lere Local Government Area of the state.
Items recovered from the bandits are AK47 and Ak49 Rifles loaded with live ammunition, one empty magazine, one hundred and thirty four rounds of different calibers of live ammunition and an operational vehicle used by the bandits.
Confirming the arrest of the bandits, spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Mohammed Jalige said they were intercepted by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad Force Headquarters, Abuja (STS) in conjunction with Operation Yaki Kaduna.
He said they operatives were on trail of suspected bandits along Saminaka–Jos expressway.
Jalige said that the bandits met their waterloo on their way to deliver some dangerous weapons to their cohorts, when they ran into the operatives and on sensing danger, engaged the officers in a gun battle.
The police spokesperson said that the officers were able to Injure the criminals who were later pronounced dead by doctors when taken to a hospital.
A female accomplice who was arrested, according to Jalige, had during the course of investigation confessed to supplying arms and ammunition to bandits within Kaduna State.
He added that investigation into the matter is currently ongoing as the command is poised to arresting other criminal elements in the state.
