Police arrest 5 over truck break-in, sheep, telephone and transformer theft in Niger

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 5 suspects in separate circumstances involving an tried truck break-in, livestock theft, telephone snatching and vandalism of electrical energy transformer parts.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in an announcement in Minna.

He stated the arrests, made between October 27 and November 3, additionally led to the restoration of two sheep, a cell phone and instruments allegedly utilized in breaking into vans.

According to him, police operatives hooked up to Maje Division intercepted a Sharon car alongside the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway round 4:15 am on November 3.

The PRO revealed that the car, pushed by Alkasim Mohammed of Mararaba, Nasarawa State, was allegedly being utilized by him and three accomplices to interrupt into vans conveying items alongside main highways.

The police stated the suspects had tried to interrupt right into a truck conveying pharmaceutical merchandise from Onitsha to Kano, utilizing chisels to tamper with its padlock and safety seals.

Abiodun defined that whereas three accomplices escaped into a close-by bush, Mohammed was arrested.

Items recovered from the car included a jackknife, pliers, hammer and chisels.

In a separate incident in Suleja, police arrested Suleiman Ibrahim, 34, after he was allegedly sighted conveying two stolen white sheep in the direction of Maje Market.

The PRO disclosed that the suspect was rescued from an tried mob lynching earlier than being taken into custody.

Police stated he later led investigators to the livestock proprietor, whose identification of the sheep led to the arrest of one other suspect, Zaiyanu Adamu, 50 years, allegedly concerned in receiving stolen livestock.

Also, a 31-year-old man, Ishaq Abubakar, was arrested for allegedly snatching a cell phone from a 12-year-old boy in Kwamba Mayor Area on November 3.

The handset was recovered hid in his underwear after police discovered him hiding in a close-by bush.

Meanwhile, police arrested Ibrahim Gada over the alleged theft of transformer parts belonging to a housing property in an incident reported on October 28. Some displays had been recovered, whereas efforts continued to retrieve the remaining parts.

The 5 suspects are in custody present process investigation, whereas police are trying to find the three fleeing accomplices within the truck break-in case.