The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected phone snatcher and five alleged thugs in separate operations within the Bauchi metropolis.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to Habib, the phone-snatching incident occurred last Monday, when a 25-year-old resident of Unguwan Mangororin Sale Toro, Bauchi Local Government Area, was observing a Maulud procession along Kofar Fada.
He said the victim reported that a 20-year-old man, identified as Abdullahi Abubakar of Unguwan Ardo, allegedly snatched his mobile phone valued at N50,000 and N30,000 cash.
Habib explained that while the victim attempted to apprehend Abubakar, the suspect allegedly handed the stolen phone to two members of his syndicate, identified as Al-Amin, alias Busy, and Babale Sule.
