The suspects, who posed as worshippers, gained entry into Abu Huraira Mosque in the area and removed the car, with number plate, BAU 787 AE, from where it was parked. The incident happened on May 5, at about 2.30pm.
Two suspected car thieves,
Abdullahi Musa and Aminu Adamu, have been arrested by the Bauchi State Police
Command for stealing a Honda Civic during a Juma’at prayer in the GRA area.
The owner, one Abubakar
Matori, finished prayer, he could not find the car and alerted the police.
Northern City News learnt
that the two suspects, aged 25 and 27 respectively, were apprehended along
Bauchi-Maiduguri Road, while the car was recovered.
The Bauchi State Police
Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, adding
that the suspects had been charged to court.
He said, “Following
actionable intelligence by operatives, the suspects were arrested and the
vehicle recovered. The suspects have confessed to several car thefts and they
have been charged to court.”
Also, a suspected drug
peddler, Abubakar Yakubu, was arrested on Thursday by the command at Marraraban
Katagun Market, at about 3pm.
The 30-year-old suspect was
found in possession of 1,018 pieces of tablets, suspected to be hard drugs.
“The case is under
investigation,” Mohammed added.
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