Police crack down on fraud syndicate, recover 67 rustled cattle in Niger

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 4 suspected fraudsters linked to a conveyance scam syndicate and recovered 67 rustled cattle aft a weapon duel with bandits successful the state.

Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this successful a statement, saying operatives attached to Maje Division, Suleja, arrested 4 suspects on Kaduna Road connected May 12 portion allegedly attempting to determination a suspected stolen Volkswagen Golf conveyance to conscionable a buyer.

The suspects, identified arsenic Badamasi Saidu, Adamu Musa, Yunusa Mohammed and Mohammed Usman, allegedly removed the vehicle’s fig sheet to disguise it arsenic a recently acquired car.

Police said investigations revealed that the suspects specialised successful framing unsuspecting buyers arsenic receivers of stolen vehicles aft pretending to merchantability specified vehicles to them.

According to him, during interrogation, the suspects allegedly confessed to intimidating and ...