Police operatives from Gombe Division have arrested a notorious criminal who has been on the police wanted list, one Suleiman Abdullahi for stealing vehicles, defrauding, duping with false pretence through fake bank SMS alert and theft.
In the press statement issued late evening on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Obed Mary Malum to newsmen said that the suspect who was from Biu LGA in Borno state and lived in Jos had been on the wanted list of the police for various criminal activities before luck ran against him.
She said that the Peugeot 406 black in colour with registration number, KTG 449 RZ stolen from Jos, in Plateau State, documents belonging to Toyota Highlander Jeep, seven plasma Televisions stolen from different hotels in Gombe metropolis, five hotels keys and two big travelling boxes the suspect used in stealing the Televisions after lodging in the hotels were recovered as exhibits.
The PPRO said the modus operandi of the suspect was to book into hotels rooms and after having possession of the keys to the rooms, would remove the Plasma Televisions and other valuables and later disappeared.