Police arrest two teenage suspects for alleged illegal firearm possession in Kano

The Kano State Police Command has arrested two 19-year-old males over the alleged illegal ownership of a firearm and recovered a in the neighborhood made revolver pistol with two rounds of are living ammunition.

The command disclosed this in a observation issued on Thursday through its Police Public Members of the family Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa.

In step with the observation, the primary suspect, Rufai Ahmed, was once arrested at about 10:30 pm on October 11, 2026, all the way through an intelligence-led patrol alongside Sokoto Highway in Kano.

The observation stated operatives hooked up to the Farm Centre Police Department intercepted a tricycle, popularly referred to as Keke NAPEP, on suspicion of criminality.

“A seek reportedly resulted in the invention of a bag containing a in the neighborhood fabricated revolver pistol and two rounds of are living ammunition in Ahmed’s ownership,” the observation added.

The police stated additional investigation resulted in the arrest of a 2nd suspect, Aliyu Ibrahim, of Kawo Quarters, Kano, in reference to the case.

The observation added that operatives of the command’s Legal Investigation Division took over the investigation following an order through the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori.

“The arrests had been made in step with the Inspector-Common of Police’s directives on intelligence-led policing and the continuing efforts to recuperate unlawful firearms.

“The Commissioner of Police has ordered an intensive investigation into the case, and then the suspects might be charged to courtroom,” the observation stated.

Bakori recommended the officials concerned within the operation and prompt citizens to proceed offering the police with credible data to lend a hand save you crime.