Five arrested in Niger over truck break-in attempt and thefts

Niger State police arrested five suspects between October 27 and November 3 in cases involving an attempted truck break-in, livestock and phone theft, and the theft of transformer components. Alkasim Mohammed was arrested on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway after an alleged attempt to break into a truck carrying pharmaceutical products; three accomplices fled, and tools were recovered. Two suspects were arrested in connection with two sheep stolen in Suleja, while Ishaq Abubakar is accused of snatching a phone from a 12-year-old boy in Kwamba Mayor Area. Ibrahim Gada was also arrested over the alleged theft of transformer components, and all five suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.