By MARYAM SULEIMAN BELLO, Kaduna

The Operatives of Kaduna Police Command have arrested car thieves and recovered stolen vehicles in Zaria, Kaduna State.

A statement on Monday, January 1, 2024 by ASP Mansur Hassan, spokesperson of the Kaduna State Command, said the Zaria City Divisional Headquarters “on the 23^rdNovember, 2023 at about 6am acted on a credible information at Agoro Tudun Wada Zaria, arrested a certain 28 years old Ismail Salisu ‘male’ of Hayin Baki Birnin Gwari Kaduna state who was in possession of a stolen red Toyota Corolla with registration number Kano GWL 188 TT.”

In a related development, operatives of Sabon Gari Zaria Division on the same date at about 6:30pm hours arrested one Isa Adamu and recovered from his possession a grey coloured Toyota Corolla LE 2003 model.

According to the statement, the said suspect confessed to have stolen the vehicle in Kaduna town and brought it to Zaria to dispose it.

“Isa Adamu is a dismissed soldier known notoriously for car snatching, theft and other felonious vices in Benin, Kaduna and Zaria.

“Equally, based on reliable intel the same Operatives of Sabon Gari Zaria Division arrested one Emeka Nwobodo of Graceland Zaria in possession of a stolen white Toyota Hilux pickup van with registration number Jigawa GML 40 AG.

“The arrested suspect claimed to have bought the said van from one Ibrahim with an unknown surname. The bonafide owner of the stolen van Ibrahim Aliyu of Aliyu Mohammed road, Unguwan Kaduna has since been traced,” the PPRO said.

The statement added that all the three cases are undergoing discreet investigation as the suspects’ accomplices are been trailed for a possible arrest subsequent charge to court for prosecution.