The Kano State Police Command has recovered two tricycles stolen by suspected thieves and returned them to their rightful owners.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
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He said the recovery followed a coordinated intelligence-led raid on criminal hideouts in Dambatta Local Government Area on December 9, 2024.
“During the operation, two suspects, Ado Yusuf, 40, and Rabi’u Suleiman, 35, were arrested, and the two tricycles were recovered from them,” Haruna said.
He explained that during preliminary investigations, the suspects could not provide a satisfactory account of the tricycles.
“Following the Command’s press conference of December 10, 2024, on December 17, 2024, the owner of one of the tricycles, with registration number KGM 246VC, appeared at the Command’s Headquarters. The owner revealed that the suspects had drugged the tricycle rider, Mamman Musa, and stole the tricycle,” he added.
Haruna stated that the victim was rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialists Hospital and later transferred to the Kano Reformatory Institute, Kiru, where he was treated and discharged. The victim later identified one of the suspects as the person who drugged him.
The tricycle has been handed over to its owner, while the State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Garba, has ordered a thorough investigation, after which the suspects will be charged in court.
The statement urged members of the public who have fallen victim to similar crimes, particularly tricycle theft involving drugging, to report to the office of the Police Public Relations Officer at the command’s headquarters in Bompai for possible identification.
