The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspects with 600 bags of stolen fertilizer.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna.
Hassan said the command received an intelligence information on December 8, 2023 that one suspected truck was sighted along Kaduna/Zaria Road.
“Upon the receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police( CP), Ali Dabigi, directed a team of operatives under his supervision (CP Monitoring Unit), to promptly respond to the distress call,” he said.
He added that the monitoring unit mobilised a team of detectives led by ASP Abdullahi Idris and with prompt action, the truck was intercepted along Kawo axis and one suspect was arrested.
“The suspect arrested happened to be the truck driver, who hails from Nassarawa Pan Madina, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State,” he said.