222 Phones, Laptop, Tablet Recovered From Suspected Kano Thief

A 27-year-old man, Abba Abubakar, has been arrested in Kano for allegedly breaking into four shops at City Centre Plaza, Farm Centre GSM Market, and stealing phones and other electronic items.

Police recovered 222 mobile phones, a laptop, a tablet, and other items allegedly stolen from the shops.

The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the Chief Security Officer of the plaza, Mohd Rabo, reported the burglary at the Farm Centre Police Division on November 7, 2026, after discovering that four shops had been broken into around 4am.

Following the report, the Divisional Police Officer mobilised detectives to the scene, working with market security personnel to investigate the incident.

The statement said the suspect was sighted loitering inside the plaza with an iron saw and a screwdriver.

He was subsequently arrested after allegedly failing to give a satisfactory explanation for his presence.

The police said the suspect confessed during interrogation to breaking into the four shops and stealing the items.

The recovered items include 95 keypad phones, 127 Android phones, a Lenovo laptop, a Samsung tablet, a sound system, an inverter, 17 used Android screens, 29 power banks, 15 wireless earpods, 130 assorted phone accessories and N350,000 in cash.

The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, said the suspect would be charged to court after the completion of the investigation.