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  "id": 11459228,
  "title": "NSCDC operatives arrest two suspected car thieves in Kano",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/nscdc-operatives-arrest-two-suspected-car-thieves-in-kano",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T14:40:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/nscdc-operatives-arrest-two-suspected-car-thieves-in-kano/"
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  "summary": "The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected car thieves. The suspects, Abdullahi Sani, 61, and Abdullahi Suleiman, 63, were arrested at Ladanai Junction, along the Eastern Bypass, Kano. According to the NSCDC, the vehicle they were driving, a red Toyota Carina II Wagon with registration number LFA 417 AA, was reported stolen three days prior to their arrest.\n\nThe NSCDC said Sani is a resident of Kurna Tudun Bojuwa, while Suleiman is from Kantudu in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State. The suspects were intercepted at about 2 am while driving out of the Ladanai area.\n\nIn a separate incident, NSCDC operatives also arrested a 45-year-old man, Suleiman Shehu, for allegedly vandalising an armoured cable belonging to Triumph Nigeria Limited in Bompai, Nassarawa Local Government Area, Daily Post Nigeria reports. The Kano State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mohammed Agalama, confirmed the arrests, Punch reports.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NSCDC operatives arrest two suspected car thieves in Kano",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/nscdc-operatives-arrest-two-suspected-car-thieves-in-kano-11461066",
        "published": "2026-10-02T14:50:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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