The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested notorious cattle rustlers and kidnappers in a one week special operation against hardened criminals in the state.

Spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed in a weekly briefing disclosed that Police detectives attached to Soro Division arrested one Rabiu Bello who conspired with three others in rustling 130 cows and 40 sheep in Falgore forest belonging to one Umar Ali, Abubakar Mohd and Mohammed Gide of Kabuga town in Kano State.

The suspects further robbed them of N300,000 cash.

Exhibits recovered from the suspect include, Arms and ammunitions. Investigation is still in progress to apprehend fleeing accomplices and to recover the stolen cattle. Meanwhile, Police detectives attached to Ningi Division arrested Sani Haruna alias Babangida who conspired with his friend Bello Ibrahim in kidnapping his step mother and demanded N100,000 ransom from his father to secure her release.

Mohammed disclosed that the victim has been rescued while the arrested suspects will soon be arraigned in court.

In another development, one Cletus Paulus, 32, of Kijim village in Bogoro LGA was discovered hanged on a tree behind his house in a case suspected be suicide. Autopsy would be conducted on the body to determine the actual causes of the death.