The Kano State Police Command has arrested two suspects for stealing tricycles, successfully recovered the two stolen tricycles and returned them to their rightful owners.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, the recovery followed a meticulously coordinated intelligence-driven operation targeting criminal hideouts in Dambatta LGA, Kano State, 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 disclosed.
Haruna stated that preliminary investigations revealed the suspects could not provide satisfactory explanations regarding the tricycles.
He added, “Following the Command’s Press Conference of 10th December 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.”
The victim, who was initially rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialists Hospital Kano before being transferred to the Kano Reformatory Institute Kiru for treatment, later identified one of the suspects as the individual responsible for drugging him.
The police spokespsrson confirmed that the tricycle had been handed back to its owner and stated that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Garba, had ordered a comprehensive investigation.
The suspects will face court proceedings upon completion of the investigation.
“The Command urges members of the public who have fallen victim to similar crimes, specifically those whose tricycles have been snatched through drugging or other means, to report to the office of the Police Public Relations Officer at Command’s Headquarters Bompai for possible identification,” the statement concluded.
