Police burst Bauchi fake fertiliser syndicate, arrest 5

The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended five suspects for allegedly circulating adulterated fertilisers and herbicide in the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, CSP Ahmed Wakil, confirming the arrest on Wednesday in Bauchi, said the police also sealed three illegal production facilities.

He narrated that personnel of the Command Monitoring Unit, acting on credible intelligence, arrested a suspect at the Bauchi Central Market on May 10.

The PPRO said the operatives recovered six bags of suspected adulterated fertilisers and 46 bottles of fake herbicide from the suspect.

“A subsequent search at his residence in Magaji Quarters, yielded incriminating evidence, including sacks of raw materials, charcoal, stoves, a bundle of nylon, and empty herbicide cartons,” he said.

He said operatives of the command also detained one suspect and recovered 44 bags of fake fertilisers during a raid at a shop along Gombe Road.

Wakil said the suspect claimed to had sourced the raw materials from his accomplice in Bakaro area of Bauchi metropolis.

“Further investigations led to the arrest of three suspects, who exposed two more illegal factories,” he said, adding the operatives recovered 150 bags of adulterated fertilisers, raw materials, tools and machinery used in the illicit operations.” (NAN)