Police arrest three suspected cattle rustlers, recover 11 cattle in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested 3 suspected members of a cattle-rustling syndicate allegedly operating betwixt Jigawa and Kano states and recovered 11 stolen cattle successful 2 abstracted operations.

The bid disclosed this successful a connection issued on Saturday by its Public Relations Officer, SP Lawan Shiisu Adam.

According to the statement, the archetypal incidental occurred connected September 15, 2026, erstwhile the Roni Police Division received a distress telephone that suspected cattle rustlers had attacked a herder astatine Shema Forest, adjacent Dabi Village successful Roni Local Government Area.

The suspects allegedly tied the herder’s cervix and legs with a enactment earlier taking distant 10 cows valued astatine astir N10.5 million.

The constabulary said operatives instantly mobilised to the country and launched a coordinated pursuit, starring to the betterment of each 10 cows. However, the suspects reportedly escaped into the surrounding forest.

In a related cognition connected August 31, constabulary operatives successful Garki Local Government Area recovered different rustled bull recovered tied nether a neem histrion on the Garki Bypass connected the Gumel–Kano Road.

The bid said preliminary probe established that the bull was among 3 cattle allegedly stolen from the residence of 1 Alhaji Jamilu Naladan.

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