Suspected armed robbers arrested with 150 phones in Anambra

Suspected armed robbers believed to be involved in carjacking, operating in Anambra and Delta states, were arrested by the Anambra State Police Command on Thursday.

The robbers were arrested with 150 mobile phones of different makes and models.

This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, adding that the handsets were reasonably suspected to have been stolen from different victims.

According to Mohammed, the suspects were nabbed by Puff Adder operatives in conjunction with police detectives attached to Aguata Division of the command following credible intelligence report.

The state police spokesman 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.

He said the suspects were part of the gang allegedly involved in a series of armed robbery/carjacking incidents in Anambra and Asaba axis.

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They were said to have recently stolen one Toyota Corolla 2004 and a Lexus 300 car in Aguata, Anambra State

Mohammed 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.”

Mohammed, who said the case was under investigation after which suspects would be prosecuted, said further: “The Command has enjoined (members of ) 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.”

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