Popular Kano armed robber, Burakita is dead

The Police command in Kano State has confirmed the death of notorious armed robber, Abba Burakita, who is on the command’s wanted list.

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The spokesperson of the command, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, made this known while briefing newsmen on Monday.

Kiyawa added that the command has arrested 16 suspected armed robbers, three suspected kidnappers, seven suspected thieves, six suspected drug dealers, seven suspected fraudsters, six motorcycle thieves and 47 suspected thugs.

He further revealed that the command has successfully recovered one motor vehicle, one locally-made gun, five solar batteries, 41 sharp knives and cutlasses, 298 pieces of Exol tablets, 12 sachets of tramadol tablets, two sachets of diazepam tablets and six pieces of D5 hard drugs, 55 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, two Tricycles, 12 motorcycles, one sewing machine, 20 ATM cards, N241,000.00 suspected to be counterfeit currency and N21,700,000:00.