By Joe Chukindi The Police in Anambra State have arrested a four-man gang of burglars who allegedly specialize in burgling commercia...
By Joe Chukindi
The Police in Anambra State have arrested a four-man gang of
burglars who allegedly specialize in burgling commercial shops across the
state.
Spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu
Ikenga, who disclosed this said operatives of the command acted on a tip-off to
arrest the suspects.
He said, “Acting on a tip-off received on 30th August 2023,
the Police stormed the hideout of the gang and cordoned it off to prevent the
escape of any of the gang members.
“Four suspects, all from Ebonyi State, were arrested while
various items were recovered from them.”
Ikenga listed the items to include; “two ladies motorcycles,
two big generators, one wheelbarrow, one deep freezer, three bags of rice and
two large iron cutters.
A press release by Ikenga stated: “On interrogation, the
suspects confessed to have broken into a store at Nanka in Orumba North LGA of
Anambra State to steal the recovered items.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who
commended the newly posted DPO in Ogidi, CSP Uche Onyinaya for hitting the
ground running, having earlier arrested and recovered a Beretta Pistol from a
cultist, asked the personnel not to relent in their pursuit of criminal
elements.
“He directed that investigation be extended to Nanka to
locate the owner of the store and Motor Licensing Office for records of owners
of the motorcycles with a view to returning the recovered items to the rightful
owners on bond while suspects are to be arraigned in court as soon as
investigation is concluded.”
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