Operatives of the Adamawa Police Command have arrested five persons over alleged theft of copper wire and gas cylinder.
Those arrested include Abdulmunini Muhammad,18 (Wauru Jabbe), Ibrahim Ahmed, 18, Mubarak Abubakar, 29, (Malamre), Mahmud Ibrahim, 18, (Malamre), and Isaac Jonsh, 17, (Malamre).
The first suspect, Abdulmuni was accused of breaking into a house around their community where he stole gas cylinder.
For his part, Ibrahim carted away copper wire at a filling station, confessing that they usually sell the item to scavengers after melting them.
Similarly, Mubarak along side Mahmud and Isaac invaded a filling station, broke into its ceiling and stole copper wires with the intention of selling it to scavengers.
Confirming the arrest, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the accused were apprehended by the operatives.
SP Nguroje, said that Commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo, had ordered that the suspects be charged to court for prosecution.
