The Anambra State Police Command’s officers have apprehended two individuals involved in armed robbery, targeting victims and stealing their possessions on the Second Niger Bridge.
The police spokesperson in Anambra State, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Monday that police officers attached to the Harbour Division arrested two robbery suspects on Sunday.
He mentioned that the surveillance patrol team had been positioned on the bridge to deter theft of the bridge’s expansion joints.
“The police team on surveillance patrol on the bridge to prevent vandals from stealing expansion joints were alerted to the gang’s activities near the Obosi end of the bridge.”
“The Covert Police Team monitored the gang and swooped in on them arresting two of the gangsters while others fled.”
“When searched, two daggers and five sim cards removed from previously stolen phones were recovered from the suspects aged between 20 and 22 years.”
“One of the suspects hailed from Enugu State and the other from Ebonyi State”, Ikenga said.
He added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, applauded the patrol team for its vigilance and boldness in confronting the gang.
“The CP has directed that owners of the recovered sim cards be located to assemble evidence for the successful prosecution of the arrested suspects,” he added.