Puff Adder Operatives Nab 3 Robbery Suspects

JOSHUA NICHOLAS

 Puff Adder operatives from the Anambra State Police Command have nabbed three robbery suspects, who specialised in car and mobile phone snatching.

According to SP Haruna Mohammed, PPRO, Anambra State Police Command, the operatives also recovered over one hundred and fifty mobile phones reasonably suspected to have been stolen from different victims.

SP Haruna said that on 26th August, 2019, following credible intelligence report, Puff Adder operatives in conjunction with Police detectives attached to the Aguata Division arrested the following suspects: Anyingor Arinze of Othuke, Asaba Delta State, Chinedu Nweke of Mbekwe Estate, Ogidi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra  State and Ebuka Christian Eziamaka of Ire village, Obosi in Idemili North LGA.

He said that the suspects were part of the gang allegedly involved in series of armed robbery and car snatching in Anambra and Asaba axis including the snatching of one Toyota Corolla 2004 and Lexus 300 car on the 21st July, 2019, in Aguata.

Exhibits recovered in their possession included one Gionee mobile phone belonging to one of the victims whose vehicle was snatched. Other exhibits recovered were 12 Itel phones of different models, 26 Infinix phones of different models,32 Tecno phones of different models, 16 Samsung phones of different models, 3 Gionee phones of different models and 60 other smaller phones of different makes and models, all reasonably suspected to have been snatched from different victims.

The Police Spokesman said that the case is under investigation after which the suspects will be charged to Court for prosecution.

Meanwhile, the Anambra Police Command enjoined members of the public, whose mobile phones were either snatched or stolen through similar modus to report at the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Awkuzu, with proof of ownership in order to claim them and also give further evidence to aid Police investigation.