Police Nab Suspected Cattle Rustlers, Recover Rifles In Gombe

He said, “Based on credible intelligence that suspected cattle rustlers have rustled over 500 cows from Plateau, Bauchi and Taraba states in large numbers and heading towards Gombe through Bauchi area. The police tactical teams in collaboration with vigilante groups and local hunters mobilized and trailed the rustlers where they were intercepted around Kalmai junction in Billiri LGA of Gombe State.

“The fleeing rustlers abandoned 483 cows, 186 sheep and ram, three Donkeys, two Bajaj boxers motorcycles, two Honda motorcycles, seven Tecno handsets, one Max phone, one Foxkong phone, and the sum of N994,000 was found in their possession.”

While lauding the efforts of residents due to its credible information which he said had supported the successful operation of the command, Babaita urged for more collaboration, assuring that the state would not be habitable for criminals.

“The case has been transferred to the State CID for discreet investigation and prosecution. I want to further reassure the public that the Command under my watch will relentlessly continue to pursue the criminals from all nooks and crannies of the state and will not give them room to hibernate,” Babaita added.

Also speaking, Adamu Kupto, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Ethical Orientation said that efforts were on to commence the profiling of the animals to ascertain their actual owners.

“We will start the profiling of the animals to know their owners, the states involved, and other things,” Kupto added.

On his part, the Supervising Commissioner for Information, Meshack Lauco, said the state would continue to partner with other states and security agencies in achieving peaceful co-existence.

Lauco said, “We were able to achieve this based on the support of the governor to security agencies. If not for the governor’s stand on peace and security, maybe we wouldn’t have had this. موقع مراهنات عالمي ”