 The police command in Zamfara state has announced the arrest of 21 suspected bandits and 48 collaborators during various raids it carried out in September. The police public relations officer, SP Mohamed Shehu, disclosed this at a press briefing in Gousseau. According to the PPR05, bandits on the wanted list of the security agencies were killed during the raids. Zamfara has been one of the states in the Northwest was affected by the killers and kidnappers now referred to as bandits.