According to a press statement signed by CP Sanusi  Buba, Commissioner  Of Police ,
Katsina  State  Command, the recent recovery of cache of arms and ammunition attests to this. The detail is as follows:

DEATH OF THREE (3) NOTORIOUS BANDITS AND RECOVERY OF TWO (2) AK 47 RIFLES WITH FIFTEEN (15) ROUNDS OF 7.62MM LIVE AMMUNITION On 02/02/2021 at about 21:21hrs, the Area Commander, Dutsinma and team responded to a distress call, that bandits numbering over fifty (50), on motorbikes, shooting sporadically with AK47 rifles attacked Unguwar Bera and Tashar Mangoro villages of Dutsinma LGA of Katsina state.

 The team laid ambush against the hoodlums at a spot between Mara and Tashar Gajere villages of Danmusa LGA. Fortunately, the bandits were entrapped and the team had an upper hand, neutralized three (3) bandits and recovered two (2) AK 47 rifles with fifteen (15) rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition. Search parties are still combing the environs with a view of arresting injured bandits and/or recovering dead bodies and their operational weapons.