18-Year-Old Suspect Steals 16 Plasma TV Sets Worth N1.2m, Sold Them For N350k And Used Money To Lodge In Hotel With Girlfriend

Men of the Kano Train Police Train have arrested an 18-three hundred and sixty five days-historical suspect, Sadiq Isma’il, for housebreaking and theft of 16 Plasma TV devices.

Sadiq used to be said to have damaged into a store at Sharada Quarters and carted away sixteen Plasma TV devices fee N1.2 million which he sold for N350,000 to 1 Abdullahi Muktar.

Following a complaint by the store owner, the police launched a discrete investigation which led to the arrest of Sadiq and Abdullahi at a resort.

Upon interrogation, Sadiq confessed to stealing the TV devices and utilizing fragment of the proceed to resort in a resort with his female friend.

In the period in-between the police have recovered eleven out of the sixteen stolen TVs.

The Spokesperson of the clarify, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa Haruna, who confirmed the incident in a press release wrote,

“On 22/06/2022 at about 0800hrs, a document used to be bought from a resident of Sharada Quarters Kano that, on the identical date, he went to his store located at Sharada Quarters Kano, and discovered that unknown hoodlum(s) broke the window of his store and stole sixteen (16) Plasma TV (32 inches every) valued One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,200,000: 00), at Seventy Five Thousand Naira (N75,000: 00) every,” he talked about.

“On receipt of the complaint, the Commissioner of Police, Kano Train Train, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi raised and instructed a personnel of Detectives led by SP Abdulrahim Adamu, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Sharada Division to ticket and arrest the perpetrator(s). The personnel straight swung into action.

“Sustained intelligence-led practice-up resulted in the arrest of the dear suspect, Sadiq Isma’il, ‘m’, 18 years historical, of Rijiyar Lemo Quarters Kano, at a Resort in Nassarawa LGA, Kano Train where he lodged. On preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed that he singlehandedly went to the store round 2300hrs of 21/06/2022, broke the window and made away with the sixteen (16) Plasma TVs.

“He further confessed that he sold the total sixteen(16) Plasma TVs at Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N350,000: 00), at Twenty One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five Naira (N21,875: 00) every, where he susceptible fragment of the money to resort in a resort with his female friend.

“Discreet investigation led to the arrest of the receiver, one Abdullahi Muktar, ‘m’, 20 years historical of Gama Quarters Kano on the identical resort with the dear suspect. He led to the recovery of eleven (11) of the stolen Plasma TVs from the Kano and Bauchi States.”

The Commissioner of Police have directed further investigation into the case after which the suspects shall be charged to court docket.