Police Operatives serving in different Divisions of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested a total of six male suspects for the offenses of “one chance” robbery, unlawful possession and peddling of substances suspected be cocaine, stealing of a motor vehicle battery, a tricycle and a church organ keyboard.
Two tricycles, one motor vehicle battery, one organ keyboard, wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine, and quantities of weeds suspected to be “Ghana Loud” were recovered from the suspects.
A statement from the state police command said police operatives serving in the Independence Layout Police Division of the Command, working with law-abiding citizens, on April 18, 2024, around 10 a.m., arrested one Edeh Chibuike aged 44, and recovered a yellow-coloured tricycle with registration number NSK 218 QA.
The suspect and his cohorts who escaped, operating in the recovered tricycle, were alleged to have robbed their female victim and passenger of her iPhone and Bank’s ATM Card at Nwakanwa Street, Independence Layout, Enugu.
They were however given a hot chase by law-abiding citizens, which caused their keke to skid off the road into a fence, leading to his arrest while others escaped. The suspect confessed to the crime, stating that his criminal gang has been in the business of “one chance” robbery and fraud on unsuspecting victims within Enugu metropolis.
Other arrests include that of 20-year-old Supuruchukwu Udeozor of Power-line near New Artisan, Enugu with a stolen tricycle, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel aged 30, of Sunrise Estate Emene with a stolen Johannus Organ Keyboard valued at five million Naira and Umaru Abdul aged 20, and Izuchukwu Njoku aged 36 both of who were caught with wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine snd “Ghana Loud”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, has commended the Police Operatives and the law-abiding citizens for making the operational breakthroughs possible while reaffirming the commitment of the command to flush out criminals from the state.