Five people have been arrested in Kastina State for supplying bandits with petroleum products.
The state government had banned the sale of petrol in jerrycans as part of non-kinetic measures to stem the tide of banditry in the state.
Spokesperson of the state Police Command, Gambo Isah, who disclosed the arrest of the suspects in a statement on Tuesday, said a 32-year-old man from Maradi, Niger Republic, was arrested on Saturday conveying fuel in a Passat vehicle.
“Another 28-year-old man, a resident of Magamar Jibia, was also arrested conveying fuel in his Passat vehicle,” he said.
“The command was also able to arrest a 50-year-old man, a resident of Daddara village, in Jibia local government area, also suspected to be conveying fuel in his Golf III car.
“We also succeeded in arresting a 57-year-old man suspect, of Kofar Guga Quarters, conveying fuel in his vehicle.
“Nemesis caught up with the suspects when they were all arrested along Katsina – Jibia road while on their way into the forest.”
Isah said the suspects had confessed to selling the fuel on the fringes of the forest, contrary to governmrnt order.
