The Niger State Police Command has prevented an armed robbery attempt at a mining site in Iwa village off Gawu Babangida in Gurara Local Government Area of the state.

Spokesperson of the Command, Wasiu Abiodun, said the police responded to a distress call on Saturday and engaged the armed robbers in a gun battle.

Abiodun stated that after several hours the hoodlums escaped from the scene through a nearby forest while some of them were believed to have sustained gunshot injuries.

He explained that the victims were rescued unhurt while the police team recovered one AK-47 rifle and one empty magazine.

Meanwhile, the command has arrested two suspects with sixteen bags of Indian Hemp.

The arrest took place in the Mokwa Local Government Area in Niger State.

The names of the suspects are Auta Umar Saidu, 25, and Mohammed Bala, 52.

The duo were arrested in Muwo village while attempting to ferry sixteen bags of suspected Indian Hemp to Ndayako village.
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