Bauchi police arrest five over alleged burglary, recover stolen goods

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 5 suspects successful abstracted operations implicit alleged burglary and possession of substances suspected to beryllium Indian hemp successful Bauchi metropolis.

The arrests were carried retired by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crimes Response Unit (VCRU) during regular patrols connected August 3, 2026.

According to a connection issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, ANIPR, FFIS, the archetypal cognition took spot astatine astir 2:00 p.m. successful Doya Quarters, Bauchi, wherever officers intercepted a tricycle with registration fig TRR123VD carrying 3 occupants.

The suspects were identified arsenic Sadiq Abdullahi, 27; Muhammad Suleman, 18; and Aliyu Abubakar, 21, who was identified by constabulary arsenic the tricycle rider.

Police said a hunt led to the betterment of 4 boxes containing assorted caller shoes, apparel and jewellery, a 6kg state cylinder, a 32-inch LG flat-screen tv and a array state cooker.

“During preliminary interrogation, the suspects voluntarily confessed to conspiring with 1 Nanu, presently astatine large, to interruption into a dwelling location astatine Unguwar Sarakuna and bargain the said items,” the constabulary connection said.

The proprietor of the affected location and his woman were subsequently traced. The woman reportedly told investigators that she travelled to Jos connected July 31 and near the properties successful her room. Sh...