Car snatchers in Anambra arrested with 150 phones
Anambra State Police Command has apprehended suspected armed robbers who specialize in car snatching in Anambra and Delta State.
They were arrested with 150 phones believed to have been stolen from their victims.
The suspects identified as Anyingor Arinze of Otueke, Asaba Delta State; Chinedu Nweke of Mbekwe Estate, Ogidi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State and Ebuka Christian Eziamaka of Ire village, Obosi, also in Idemili North LGA , were arrested by operatives of Puff Adder in collaboration with police detectives attached to Aguata Division of the command.
The command spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said among the vehicles they stole recently in Aguata were one Toyota Corolla 2004 and Lexus 300 SUV.
He said,
“Exhibits recovered in their possession includes one Gionee handset belonging to one of the victims whose vehicle was 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 make and models all reasonably suspected to have been snatched from different victims.”
“The Command enjoins the public whose handsets 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 their handsets and also give further evidence to aid police investigation,” Mohammed added.
