Police arrest suspect, recover N2.26m stolen roofing sheets in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old fishy and recovered stolen roofing materials valued astatine N2.26 cardinal pursuing a theft incidental successful Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, successful a connection said the apprehension was made done intelligence-led policing and regular visibility patrols.

Habib said the lawsuit was reported connected Tuesday by a 35-year-old store proprietor from Gandunwambai, Azare, who discovered that chartless persons had breached into his store on Kano Road utilizing a maestro cardinal and carted distant 460 metres of Stonecut roofing sheets.

He said detectives from the Azare Police Division were instantly deployed to the country and, acting connected credible intelligence, intercepted the stolen materials on the Azare–Jama’are Road.

According to the police, 1 suspect, Muktari Rufa’i, 35, was arrested during the operation, portion the recovered roofing sheets were valued astatine N2,260,000.

Habib said the fishy confessed during interrogation and allegedly identified 1 Evra Pizo, said to beryllium from the aforesaid address, arsenic his accomplice.

He added that the 2nd fishy is presently connected the tally and efforts are ongoing to apprehend him.

The constabulary spokesperson said the arrested fishy remained successful custody astatine the Azare Division and that the substance would beryllium transferred to the State Criminal...