The Police in Lokoja on Thursday paraded 20 persons suspected to be kidnappers and armed robbers.
The state Commissioner of police, Mr. Wilson Inalegwu, said some of them were arrested for criminal conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms and culpable homicide.
He said the suspects were arrested at Igalamela/Odolu, Ankpa, Ibaji, Odo-ere, Okene and Odo-Ape during security operations by men of the Special Anti- Robbery Squads (SARS).
Those paraded were – Musa Audu, Adamu Lamun and Bodori Ide.
They were arrested for allegedly kidnapping one Aishetu Shehu on February 4.
Inalegwu said the suspects collected N500,000 ransom before releasing the victim.
He said Enemona Godwin, Solomon Anthony, Yakubu Abdullahi, Hassan Abdullahi, Ekele Attah, Umar Abubakar, Ahmadu Panya, Jeremiah Olorunmowaju, Idris Umar, Umar Mohammed and Hussaini Yahaya were arrested for armed robbery and kidnapping.
According to him, four pump action guns, four AK47 rifles, two pistols, two double barrel guns, two Dane guns, 200 live cartridges, 150 wraps of Indian hemps, military cap, boots and belts are some of the items recovered from the suspects.
Inalegwu said the new security strategies he introduced had started yielding results.
NAN