Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have killed a bandit and recovered an AK-47 rifle loaded with two rounds of live ammunition.
The bandit was killed during a gun battle between troops of Operation Whirl Punch at a village in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Mohammed Ja-lige disclosed this in a statement saying operatives of the Command attached to Operation Whirl Punch (OPSWP) acted on credible intelligence, saying that the armed bandits on a nefarious mission had blocked Galadimawa road of Giwa Local Government Area.
the police operatives who were led by the DPO of Kidandan who swiftly mobilized to the scene, engaged the bandits in a gun duel, and countered their dreadful raid which forced them to scamper in disarray into a nearby bush with possible varying gunshot wounds.
