Police operatives in Katsina have arrested two suspected bandits’ informants and recovered suspected rustled animals in the state.
The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Katsina.
He said the operation was carried out in collaboration with the state’s Community Watch Corps (KSCWC) and hunters in Jibia local government area of the state.
The spokesman said: “On July 25, 2024, a team of police operatives attached to Jibia Divisional Police Headquarters while on routine patrol in collaboration with the KSCWC and Hunters, successfully arrested two suspects, all from Zandam village, in Jibia LGA.
“The suspects were arrested along Magama cemetery in possession of two rams, one sheep, and a goat, suspected to have been rustled.”
“In the course of the investigation, the duo confessed to having received the rustled animals from a suspected notorious bandits’ leader called Nura of Mazanya village in Jibia, now at large.
“The suspects were on their way to dispose of the animals at Magama market, in Jibia local government when they were arrested.”
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