The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected cattle rustlers, Umar Musa and Idris Ismail, and recovered three cows valued at N1.15m

The command made this known in a statement on its Facebook page on Tuesday.

The statement partly read, “On 13/11/2023 at about 0800hrs, one Umar Musa ‘m’ age 20yrs and Idris Ismail age 30yrs all of Malamawa village, kiyawa LGA, jointly lodged a direct complaint at Kiyawa Divisional Police headquarters that, on the same date at about 0300hrs unknown thieves criminally conspired and trespassed into their houses and stole three cows worth N1.15m.

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“Upon receipt of the report, detectives from Kiyawa Division were detailed.

“Following a tip-off, the stolen three cows were traced and recovered in the house of one Muktari Ibrahim ‘m’ age 23yrs of Sabuwar Unguwa, Kiyawa LGA.

“When questioned, the said Muktari disclosed that he had received the cows from one Yusuf who is now at large.”