Nigeria, March 14 -- The police in Kano State have announced the recovery of four stolen vehicles and the arrest of four suspected members of a car theft syndicate.

Two of the recovered vehicles were stolen from Abuja and Jigawa State.

The police spokesperson in the state, Haruna Kiyawa, announced the development in a statement released Saturday morning.

He stated that the police anti-car theft unit recorded several successes over the past week.

He said on 7 March, officers intercepted a dark blue Hyundai Elantra at the Naibawa Flyover Bridge in Kano.

They named the occupants as Ibrahim Muhd (29, of Minna) and Ahmed Sani (32, of Abuja), adding that the vehicle had been reported stolen in Abuja, and the suspects have since confessed t...