Two suspects have been arrested by the Police Command in Katsina State for aiding and abetting banditry, with suspected rustled animals recovered from them.
In a statement issued in Katsina on Thursday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu stated that the success was recorded in Jibia Local Government Area, in collaboration with the state’s Community Watch Corps and Hunters.
According to him, “On July 25, 2024, a team of police operatives attached to Jibia Divisional Police Headquarters while on routine patrol in collaboration with the KSCWC and Hunters, successfully arrested two suspects, all from Zandam village, in Jibia LGA.
“The suspects were arrested along Magama cemetery in possession of two rams, one sheep, and a goat, suspected to have been rustled.”
He added that the duo confessed while being investigated, that they received the rustled animals from a suspected notorious bandits’ leader called Nura of Mazanya village in Jibia, now at large.
The suspects were on their way to sell the animals at Magama market, in Jibia Local Government Area, when they were arrested.
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