Three street gang members who were believed to have been terrorizing the residents of Basawa Area of Sabon Gari Zaria LGA, have been apprehended by the Kaduna State Police Command.

This was confirmed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan,on Wednesday in Kaduna.

The Officer stated that the gang members were arrested on Tuesday at about 1600hrs.

He said, ”At about 1600hrs, when the operatives were on routine patrol and arrested the three suspects namely, Shamsu Abdullahi, Hussaini Aliyu, and Muhammad Ahmed all of Zaria City, and within the vicinity of Mammy Market in the Basawa area.”

Hassan said that during the spot search conducted on the suspects, three sharp stainless cutlasses and one fork, sharp knife concealed under their clothes were recovered from them.

The PPRO said upon interrogation, the suspects failed to state what they were doing with the dangerous weapons found on them.

However, investigations carried out by the operatives disclosed that the gang were members of a syndicate that had been terrorizing residents of Basawa and its environs.

Following these investigations the three suspects were promptly charged to court for prosecution.