The Anambra State Police Command has disclosed that
it has arrested suspected armed robbers who specialised in car snatching in the
state and Delta State with 150 phones.
A statement issued by the Anambra State Police
Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, said over 150 mobile handsets
reasonably suspected to have been stolen from different victims were recovered
from the criminal suspects.
Mohammed said the suspects were nabbed by Puff
Adder operatives in conjunction with police detectives attached to Aguata Division
of the command following a credible intelligence report.
He gave the names of the suspects as Anyingor Arinze of Otueke, Asaba, Delta State; Chinedu Nweke
of Mbekwe Estate, Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, and Ebuka Christian Eziamaka of Ire
village, Obosi, also in Idemili North LGA.
Mohammed said the suspects were part of the gang
allegedly involved in series of armed robbery/carjacking in Anambra State and
Asaba axis in Delta State.
He said among the vehicles they stole recently
were one Toyota Corolla 2004 and Lexus
300 in Aguata, Anambra State
According to Mohammed, “Exhibits recovered in their
possession include one Gionee handset belonging to one of the victims whose
vehicle was recently snatched.
“Other exhibits recovered are 12 Itel phones of
different models; 26 Infinix phones of different models; 32 Tecno phones of
different models; 16 Samsung phones of different models; three Gionee phones of
different models, and 60 other smaller phones of different brands and models
all reasonably suspected to have been snatched from different victims.”
He said the case was under investigation after which
suspects would be prosecuted by a law court.
The PPRO added: "The police command has enjoined
the public whose mobile phones were either snatched or stolen through similar
modus to report at the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) office in Awkuzu with
proof of ownership to claim them, and also give further evidence to aid police
investigation."
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