The Police Command in Kano State has intercepted suspected explosive materials and illicit drugs in two separate operations in different parts of the metropolitan Local Government Areas of the state.

This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano on Friday.

Kiyawa said on Monday, Police Officers attached to the Rijiyar Lemo Police Division, on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, executed a search warrant at a residence in Tudun Bojuwa Quarters, Fagge LGA, where two big sacks containing suspected incriminating materials were discovered.

He explained that a team of experts from the command’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) conducted recognition and identification of the suspected materials.

One of the sacks was discovered to contain six rolls of detonating codes, while the other contained 20 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa, and 220 sachets of suspected Exol tablets, adding that an investigation was in progress.

Kiyawa said that in the second operation, a team of Police Officers attached to the Anti-Thuggery Unit of the command while on an intelligence-led surveillance patrol, intercepted a tricycle rider at Sani Mainagge Quarters, Gwale LGA, with three bags containing suspected heavy materials.

He said a team of experts from the command’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) conducted recognition and identification of the suspected materials, where electric detonators numbering 3,700 pieces were discovered.

The commercial tricycle rider led to the arrest of a suspect, identified as Ibrahim Garba, aka ‘Manyan Baki’, aged 49 years, of Zamfara, who confessed to facilitating the movement of the materials from Nasarawa State en route to other places.

Kiyawa explained that already, the command had launched an intensive investigation into the matter.

The Commissioner of Police,  Ibrahim Bakori, commended the officers involved in the operations and urged the public to remain vigilant.

He called on the public to continue to report any suspicious movements, items, or activities to the nearest Police Station or through the command’s emergency numbers: 08032419754, 08123821575, 09029292926.

Kiyawa added, “The public is advised not to touch any suspicious item seen, keep distance, and immediately report it to the Police.”