Policemen in Katsina State have arrested a 27 year old woman, Hadiza Ibrahim accused of shoplifting items from super stores in the metropolis.
The police also recovered items worth ₦10,102,000.00 from the suspect’s house during investigation.
Hadiza Ibrahim was arrested earlier this month when she stole items from a popular super store in the metropolis, Green House, the police spokesman said in a statement sent to 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE on Friday.
The police said their investigation revealed that the young lady is notorious for shoplifting and theft
“The suspect was captured on CCTV footage at Green House Katsina, where she was seen dishonestly stealing various items from a shop. Analysing the CCTV footage, the suspect was closely monitored, leading to her arrest at the scene,”Abubakar Sadiq noted.
After her arrest, the police began investigations including searching her house where several items inclusive shoes, veils, sportswears, women wrappers, children clothes were recovered.
“during investigation, a search was conducted at the residence of the suspect, and the following items valued at ₦10,102,000.00k were recovered: 274 sets of shoes, 37 pairs of veils, 67 sets of sportswear, 54 sets of children wear, 123 pairs of cap315 sets of socks, 45 pairs of women’s wrappers, 9 handbags, 3 cartons of spaghetti, 24 bottles of perfumes, 5 cartons of soap, one bag contained various styles of fashion jewellery necklaces and one sack containing various cooking seasonings and spices, among other exhibits were successfully recovered from the suspect’s possession,” he said.
The spokesman said some of the recovered items have been identified by their owners (shops and super stores).
“Investigations revealed that the suspect has a history of shoplifting and theft, as she confessed to the commission of the offence. The suspect has been charged in court for diligent prosecution,” he added.
