Police Commissioner Musa Daura addressed reportersn in Kano yesterday on the mid-year scorecard of the command yesterday, where the suspects were paraded.
He said assorted weapons were recovered from suspects.
Daura said Robert allegedly conspired with another accomplice, now at large, and attacked a customer of the bank where he worked with a pistol and a knife when the bank’s customer was on his way to deposit the money.
He said: “They (suspects) robbed him of N4,755,200. The suspects were vigorously pursued by members of the community and Robert was arrested with the money. One revolver pistol loaded with three live ammunitions and a knife were recovered from him. Investigation is on top gear to arrest the fleeing suspect.”
The police chief said in the last six months, items recovered from robbers include two AK 47 rifles, 60 rounds of live ammunitions, nine locally made pistols, 47 cartridges, huge scissors, cutlasses and house breaking implements.
He said 52 robbery cases were recorded within the period while recovered stolen property include 30 vehicles (of various brands), 98 GSM handsets, jewelry, pumping machines, electric generators, cable fuses from vandalised Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) installations, among others.
