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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The police in Bauchi have apprehended five suspects for allegedly circulating adulterated fertilisers and herbicide in the state.<\/p>\n

The spokesman of the Bauchi Police Command, CSP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the arrest on Wednesday, said the police also sealed three illegal production facilities.<\/p>\n

He said that personnel of the Command Monitoring Unit, acting on credible intelligence, arrested a suspect at the Bauchi Central Market, on May 10.<\/p>\n

The spokesman said the operatives recovered six bags of suspected adulterated fertilisers and 46 bottles of fake herbicide from the suspect.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Wakil said the suspect claimed to had sourced the raw materials from his accomplice in Bakaro area of Bauchi metropolis.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther investigations led to the arrest of three suspects, who exposed two more illegal factories,\u201d he said, adding the operatives recovered 150 bags of adulterated fertilisers, raw materials, tools and machineries used in the illicit operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The police in Bauchi have apprehended five suspects for allegedly circulating adulterated fertilisers and herbicide in the state. The spokesman of the Bauchi Police Command, CSP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the arrest on Wednesday, said the police also sealed three illegal production facilities. 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