Troops recover 31 cattle, arrest five suspected rustlers in Kebbi

Five suspected cattle rustlers are present successful subject custody aft troops recovered 31 cattle during an cognition successful Kebbi State.

The improvement was revealed successful a station shared connected X connected Saturday by information expert Zagazola Makama.

According to the post, troops of 1 Battalion (Rear) carried retired the cognition connected April 2 pursuing quality reports connected transgression and violent activities astir Bachaka Village successful Arewa Local Government Area.

Acting connected the information, the troops acceptable up a drawback checkpoint on suspected crossing routes wrong the Kangiwa and Maiyama axis. During the operation, they intercepted a motortruck transporting livestock.

A hunt of the conveyance led to the betterment of 31 cattle, 1 sheep, and 1 goat. The troops besides recovered 13 motorcycles successful the truck, portion 5 suspects were arrested astatine the scene.

The suspects were aboriginal identified by section vigilantes arsenic individuals linked to cattle rustling activities successful the Maiyama area.

The recovered animals person since been handed implicit to the Kebbi State Ministry of Livestock Development, portion the suspects stay successful custody for further probe and imaginable prosecution.

Security efforts are ongoing successful the country arsenic troops proceed to way down different members of the suspected transgression network.

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