Police arrest five over truck break-in, sheep, phone and transformer theft in Niger

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 5 suspects successful abstracted cases involving an attempted motortruck break-in, livestock theft, telephone snatching and vandalism of energy transformer components.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this successful a connection successful Minna.

He said the arrests, made betwixt October 27 and November 3, besides led to the betterment of 2 sheep, a mobile telephone and tools allegedly utilized successful breaking into trucks.

According to him, constabulary operatives attached to Maje Division intercepted a Sharon conveyance on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway astir 4:15 americium connected November 3.

The PRO revealed that the vehicle, driven by Alkasim Mohammed of Mararaba, Nasarawa State, was allegedly being utilized by him and 3 accomplices to interruption into trucks conveying goods on large highways.

The constabulary said the suspects had attempted to interruption into a motortruck conveying pharmaceutical products from Onitsha to Kano, utilizing chisels to tamper with its padlock and information seals.

Abiodun explained that portion 3 accomplices escaped into a adjacent bush, Mohammed was arrested.

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

In a abstracted incidental successful Suleja, constabulary arrested Suleiman Ibrahim, 34, aft helium was allegedly sighted conveying 2 stolen achromatic sheep towards Maje Market.

The PRO disclosed that the fishy was rescued from an attempted mob lynching earlier being taken into custod...