Police arrest 19 in Kano for looting truck conveying 50kg bags of rice
The Kano State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested 19 suspects for looting a rice truck on Sunday.
On Monday, the command spokesperson, Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, said that the suspects attacked the truck along Kano-Zaria Road.
He said the truck with registration number UGG 532 XA was loaded with hundreds of 50kg bags of rice from Alhamsad Rice Mill, located in Sharada, Kano.
Mr Idris-Abdullahi added that the truck was heading to Zaria in Kaduna State when the hoodlums attacked it and looted the bags of rice.
“On receiving the report, operatives of the NSCDC swiftly mobilised personnel to the scene, arrested the suspects, and 29 bags of rice were recovered from them.
“The driver of the truck and his assistants were rescued unhurt,” Mr Idris-Abdullahi said.
The command spokesman said the suspects would be charged to court after the conclusion of the investigation.
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