Anambra police command has recovered 150 handsets reasonably suspected
to have been stolen from different victims in the state.
The Command Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed made this
known in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka on Thursday.
He said Puff-Adder operatives in conjunction with Police detectives
attached to Aguata Division arrested three suspects on Aug. 26 who
specialises in car and handsets snatching.
The suspects are Anyingor Arinze ‘m’ of Othuke, Asaba Delta state,
Chinedu Nweke ‘m’ of Mbekwe Estate, Ogidi in Idemili North LGA of
Anambra state and Ebuka Christian Eziamaka ‘m’ of Ire village, Obosi in
Idemili North LGA of 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, 3 Gionee phones of different
models and 60 other smaller phones of different make and models.
According to him, the suspects were part of the gang allegedly involved
in series of armed robbery/carjacking in Anambra and Asaba axis
including the snatching of one Toyota Corolla 2004 and Lexus 300 car on
July 21, 2019 in Aguata.
He said the case was under investigation after which suspects would be
charged to court for prosecution.
Meanwhile, the Command enjoins the Public whose handsets were either
snatched or stolen through similar modus to report at the Special Anti
robbery Squad Akwuzu with proof of ownership to claim their handsets and
also give further evidence to aid Police investigation.