LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States, has arrested 13 suspects over alleged kidnapping, prison break, banditry, rustling and other criminal offences.
In a statement earlier today in Jos, the Media Officer of OPSH, Capt. James Oya, said that the troops also recovered 279 rustled cows and arms and ammunition.
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Oya further disclosed that OPSH recorded the breakthrough in an operation it conducted between October 2 and 9, adding that the suspects were arrested in some communities within its areas of responsibility.
“Between Oct. 2 and Oct. 9, our troops arrested 13 criminal suspects in connection with kidnapping, prison break, peddling illicit drugs and rustling.
‘’We also recovered illegal arms and ammunition.
“Troops recovered a total of 279 cows and six sheep over the destruction of crops on farmlands across Bokkos, Mangu, Riyom and Zango Kataf Local Government Areas of Plateau and Kaduna states, respectively,” Oya stated.