The Bauchi State Police Command on Friday announced the arrest of notorious cattle rustlers and kidnappers in a one-week special operation against hardened criminals in the state.
The spokesperson of the Bauchi State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, in a weekly briefing disclosed that Police detectives attached to Soro Division arrested one Rabiu Bello who conspired with three others in rustling 130 cows and 40 sheep in Falgore Forest belonging to one Umar Ali, Abubakar Mohammed and Mohammed Gide of Kabuga town in Kano State.
The suspects further robbed them of N300,000.
Exhibits recovered from the suspect included arms and ammunitions.
Investigation is in progress to apprehend fleeing accomplices and recover the stolen cattle.
Meanwhile, police detectives attached to Ningi Division arrested Sani Haruna, alias Babangida, who conspired with his friend, Bello Ibrahim, in kidnapping his step mother and demanded for N100,000 ransom from his father to secure her release.
The victim has been rescued, while the arrested suspects will soon be arraigned in court.
In another development, a 32-year-old Cletus Paulus of Kijim village in Bogoro Local Government Area was discovered hanged from a tree behind his house in a case suspected be suicide.
Autopsy would be conducted on the body to determine the actual causes of the death.
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