Police arrest five suspected vandals, drug dealers in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Police Command has apprehended five suspected vandals, drug dealers and thieves.

DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed that the police recovered a Dane gun, knife, gunpowder, charms, vandalised cable wire, Illicit drugs, and food items, among others, from the suspects.

He further explained that on 1st January 2024 at about 1400hrs, a patrol team attached to Roni Police Station while on patrol arrested one Abbas Musa ‘m’ 25yrs, and Ibrahim Hassan ‘m’ 22yrs both of Roni Local Government Area, in possession of cable wires strongly suspected to be stolen.

He added, “On interrogation, the suspects confessed to having vandalised the cable wires at the residence of Chairman, Roni Local Government Area.”

On 2nd January 2024 at about 0600hrs, he stated that one Abubakar Abdussalam ‘m’ of Dansure village in Roni reported at Roni Police Station that on the same date at about 0200hrs, unscrupulous elements broke his provision store located at Dansure village and made away with some food items and other valuable properties.

According to him, on receipt of the report, police detectives swung into action where one Kamaluddeen Lawan ‘m’ 22yrs of Dansure village Roni LGA was nabbed in possession of these items: 51 pairs of shoes, 21 cartons of chewing gum, 35 tablets of washing soap, 13 bottles of pomade, nine pieces of spaghetti, 20 pieces of macaroni, 19 pieces of noodles and 14 pieces of peak milk.

Upon interrogation, he said the suspect confessed to having broken into the complainant’s shop and stolen the aforementioned items, which the complainant identified.