Police arrest 19-year-old sales boy, conspirators for stealing 890 mobile phones

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Police arrest 19-year-old sales boy, conspirators for stealing 890 mobile phones
Over 890 mobile phones, accessories recovered from the suspects

Police arrest 19-year-old sales boy, conspirators for stealing 890 mobile phones

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old sales boy among a robbery syndicate that has stolen 890 mobile phones and other items in the state.

Stolen mobile phones recovered from the robbery syndicate

 

The command made this known in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Kiyawa, on its Facebook page on Tuesday.

The statement partly read, “On 18/09/2023 at about 1400hrs, report was received from a Mobile Phone Marketer of Beirut Road GSM Market, Kano that the shop owner discovered that several brands of mobile phones and other accessories were stolen from his shop and strongly suspected his sales boy one Mujittafa Sale, ‘m’ 19 years old of Dukawuya Quarters, Kano.

“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, detailed a team of detectives and directed them to conduct a thorough investigation.

“During the investigation, the said Mujjitafa Sale was arrested and instantly confessed to having conspired with one Ahmed Abbati, 23 years old of Dukawuya Quarters, Kano and jointly committed the offence.

“Further investigation led to the arrest of the following Persons who helped him to hide the stolen mobile phones including other accessories: They are: (1) Musa Muhammad Shafi’u, ‘m’ 25 years old, (2) Nusairu Nasiru, ‘m’ 22 years old, and (3) Usman Muhammad, ‘m’ 25 years old, all of Dukawuya Quarters, Kano.

“Consequent upon in-depth investigation, a total of Eight Hundred and Ninety (890) mobile phones were recovered from them.

The suspects will be charged in court upon completion of the investigation.

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