NSCDC arrests notorious burglar with 99 pair of keys in Jigawa

<p>A 49-year-old man, Muhammad Hamisu, a notorious burglar, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Jigawa State.</p>, <p>Spokesman of the NSCDC in the State, CSC Adamu Shehu confirmed the arrest to DAILY POST.</p>, <p>He said the suspect was arrested on Saturday morning by a group of shop owners whose shops were earlier burgled at Zakariyya Plaza in Dutse.</p>, <p>Adamu said the shop owners trapped and caught the suspect while breaking a shop.</p>, <p>He said upon interrogation, the suspect who is into key cutting and duplicating business, confessed to have boarded a taxi from Kano State on Friday, 28th July, 2023, with the intent to steal.</p>, <p>According to him, “The suspect joined water vendors who usually slept within the shops and pretended to be one of them.</p>, <p>“But unknown to him, one of the shop owners was suspicious of him and decided to keep a close eye until he saw him sneaking and moving towards the shops, using tools and breaking open one of the shop’s doors and gaining entry.</p>, <p>“The shop owner, therefore, shouted for help from his colleagues and eventually caught the suspect while trying to escape”</p>, <p>Adamu explained that the suspect was arrested in possession of 99 different sets of keys, an iron rod cutter, a plier, a wheel spanner, four pieces of padlocks, two iron rod tools, a folding knife, a mobile handset, a torchlight, an ATM card and four pieces of sacks meant for packing and concealing stolen property.</p>