Police arrest armed robbery suspects who stabbed man and made away with his phone in Kano

The Kano State Police Command has arrested two armed robbery suspects who stabbed a man and made away with his mobile phone. 

Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, March 16, said one of the suspects was caught and almost lynched by angry mob before police rescued him. 

Kiyawa noted that a manufacturer and supplier of dangerous weapons to armed robbers was also arrested.

“On the 12/02/2022 at about 2130hrs, a distress call was received that, two armed robbers with dangerous weapons attacked a resident of Ja’in Quarters Kano, stabbed him with a knife on the left upper part of his chest, and made away with his Infinix S5 Mobile Phone valued Ninety Eight Thousand Naira (N98,000:00), where one of the suspects was trapped and attacked by the mob,” the PPRO stated.