The Gombe State Police Command has recovered four cows suspected to be stolen from the houses of residents in the state on the eve of the Eid-el Kabir festival.
Spokesman of the command Mahid Muazu Abubakar disclosed this on Thursday in a press release issued to journalists.
According to him, the ‘stolen cows’ were recovered by police operatives of the command following the case of theft of two bulls reported at Gona divisional headquarters on 27th June, 2023 at about 10:30PM by one Malam Jibrin of Gidim village that unknown persons entered his compound and made away with his two bulls valued at 700,000.
On receipt of the information, detectives of the division mobilised to the scene and the bulls were traced to an uncompleted building at Nassarawo quarters where four bulls suspected to be stolen were seen and the complainant identified two bulls as his.
“In the process, a locally made pistol with two live cartridges was also recovered as exhibits. The investigation is ongoing to catch the fleeing suspects”. He said.
In another development, Abubakar said the Gombe State Police Command while acting on a distress call received via the command’s control room on 24th June, 2023 at about 2:30PM had neutralised one suspected armed robber and confiscated weapons in some parts of the state.
