Police arrest suspects, recover stolen vehicles, livestock, drugs in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Police Command said it has arrested respective suspected criminals and recovered stolen items, including a car, motorcycles, drugs and a cow, during caller operations crossed the state.

This was contained successful a connection signed by SP Shiisu Lawan Adam, the command’s spokesman, connected Saturday.

The constabulary said that connected February 15, 2026, astatine astir 9 pm, officers from Hadejia ‘A’ Division stopped a acheronian greenish Golf 3 presumption wagon astatine Jama’are Gate on Hadejia/Kano Road. The conveyance was driven by Adamu Sani Ya’u, 29, with Musa Abdullahi, 35, arsenic a passenger.

According to the statement, the car was “strongly suspected to person been utilized successful conveying stolen livestock wrong Hadejia town.”

During a search, officers recovered carnal discarded and hairsbreadth wrong the vehicle. They besides recovered a rope, adust leaves suspected to beryllium Indian hemp, Rizler, a broad and an other fig plate.

Police said preliminary investigations bespeak that the suspects whitethorn beryllium linked to cattle rustlers operating successful the Hadejia Emirate.

The lawsuit has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) successful Dutse for further investigation.

In different incidental connected February 18, 2026, astatine astir 11 pm, immoderate criminals reportedly blocked a roadworthy successful Katarika Village, Taura Local Government Area. They attacked a man, Kalilu Abubakar, 35, and stole his motorcycle....