Bauchi Police arrest two JSS 3 students for alleged theft of 100 phones

Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended 2 teenage students successful transportation with a robbery astatine a mobile telephone store successful Wunti Market, successful the Bauchi metropolis.

The suspects, some 15-year-old students of Bakari Dukku Comprehensive Secondary School, were said to person been progressive successful the alleged theft of 100 mobile phones, 75 MP4 players, 30 compartment telephone batteries, 50 outer representation cards, and a Bluetooth headset.

They were arrested pursuing an probe conducted by the Operation Restore Peace (ORP) portion aft the store proprietor alerted the constabulary astir the missing items.

A connection by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, revealed that the incidental occurred October 1, 2024.

According to the statement, CSP Kim Albert, nether the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa, led the ORP squad to analyse the crime.

The suspects, identified arsenic Hamza Sadiq and Adamu Ahmadu, were said to person confessed to obtaining the shop’s cardinal and exploiting the store owner’s lack to repeatedly bargain items during the day.

”They sold the stolen goods astatine reduced prices, utilizing the proceeds to bargain idiosyncratic items specified arsenic clothes, food, and a smartphone.

“The Police recovered 21 mobile phones, 5 MP4 players, a mobile telephone charger, and a metallic cardinal from the suspects portion efforts are ongoing to retrieve the remaining stolen items,” Wakil revealed successful the statement.

He further revealed that the teenagers volition beryllium remanded successful a rehabilitation installation pursuing the completion of the investigation.