The Gombe State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Friday paraded 35-year-old man for stealing 26 bags of fertiliser in Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state.

Briefing journalists at the state headquarters, Commandant Muhammad Bello, who was represented by Public Relations Officer, Saad Buhari, said the arrest was based on intelligence.

Our correspondent reports that a bag of fertiliser in Gombe open market is sold at N42,000.

The commandant said, “Mohammed Sani, 35 years old from Arawa B Gombe carted away 26 bags of fertiliser from a shop at Ture in Kaltungo.

“Sani carted away the bags with the support of his friend who is at large. He will be charged for conspiracy, mischief, and theft.”

Also, Bello paraded a notorious criminal allegedly wanted by other security agencies for various crimes.

He disclosed that the suspects would be charged for banditry and kidnapping.

“We have Abubakar Mohammed, 26 years also known as Baba Condenser. He is a notorious criminal previously on our wanted list. He connived with Ahmed Adamu,23 years old resident of Barunde.

“The suspects conspired to kidnap one Bello Sani, 26 years old, where they collected ransom of N70, 000 before releasing him. The command was swift in arresting them. they will be charged for banditry and kidnapping in the state,” he added.

Three suspects were also paraded for vandalism.

Bello said, “Gombe State Water Board complained on the vandalism of  cables in their transformer. Haruna Abdullahi, Yusuf Saidu, and Hassan Mohammed were arrested for tampering with the cables from their transformers.”