The Katsina Police Command has foiled separate kidnapping and cattle rustling attempts in Kankia and Charanchi Local Government Areas (LGAs), rescuing two kidnapped women unharmed.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Katsina.
He said the first incident occurred on Saturday, at about 11:45 a.m., when armed bandits riding three motorcycles attacked Jauga settlement in Sabon Gida Village, Kankia LGA, and abducted two women.
Mr Sadiq-Aliyu said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kankia immediately mobilised operatives to the scene after receiving a distress call.
He said the operatives engaged the bandits in a gun duel, forcing them to flee into a nearby bush with suspected gunshot wounds and abandoning the victims.
