From Sola Ojo, Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command, yesterday, said its men successfully frustrated rail line vandals’ efforts in two separate operations at Sanzwan in Zonkwa, Sango Kataf Local Government.
Those operations, according to the spokesman for the police command, DSP Mohammed Jalige, yielded recovery of exhibits, which included hundreds of railway slippers and three articulated vehicles. No arrest was made in either of the recovery operations.
The police spokesman, who made the disclosure via a WhatsApp platform, yesterday, wrote: “Following credible intelligence, personnel of the Kaduna State Police Command, on June 22, 2023, at about 2230 hours, busted a gang of rail line vandals.
“An unspecified number of unknown persons came to Sanzwan in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, in an articulated vehicle (DAF) with registration no. DAL 172 YL, and vandalised about 600 pieces of railway slippers.
“On receipt of the information, police personnel were quickly mobilised to the scene of the crime. And on sighting the police officers, the suspects fled the scene and abandoned the vehicle meant to convey the vandalised items.
“No arrest was made. However, the said vehicle was immediately impounded and the exhibits, therein, recovered. And on June 25, 2023, two additional trucks fully loaded with railway sleepers were equally recovered. Efforts are intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects as the investigation is in progress.
“The commissioner of police commended the gallant personnel for halting the vandals’ activities, while charging the public to always make credible information available on time,” he added.