Police Arrest Two For Supplying Fuel To Bandits

The Kano police command has disclosed two suspects have been apprehended for alledgedly supplying petroleum products to bandits in Katsina state.

Kano police spokesman, Abdullahi Kiyawa disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

He said the suspects who were arrested in two J5 vehicles around Fagge area of the state, confessed that they supply fuel to “unknown customers” who regularly purchase the product at a higher price in Jibiya.

The statement reads: “On the 15/10/2021, at about 1230 hours, a team of Policemen led by CSP Abubakar Hamma while on intelligence patrol at Fagge LGA, Kano State intercepted two (2) J5 Motor Vehicles loaded with Food Stuffs,”

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“On stop and search, five (5) Jerry cans of 25 liters each filled with PMS put in an empty sack, disguised as bags of sugar, were recovered from one of the vehicles. Two suspects were arrested; one Musbahu Rabi’u, 31 years old, of Jibia LGA, Katsina State, and the driver of the J5 Motor vehicle, one Jamilu Abdullahi, 37 years old of Jibiya, Katsina State.”