POLICE NAB 2 SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS AT SECOND NIGER BRIDGE
Two suspected armed robbers dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of their valuables at the second Niger Bridge Onitsha have been arrested by the operatives of the Anambra State Police Command.
The suspects who hailed from Enugu and Ebonyi States respectively were arrested by the Police operatives attached to Harbour Division last week.
The information available indicates that the police operatives on surveillance patrol on the bridge to prevent vandals from stealing expansion joints were alerted to the activities of the gang 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.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye commended the Police team for its vigilance and courage in confronting the gang. He has directed that owners of the recovered SIM cards be located to assemble evidence for the successful prosecution of the arrested suspects.
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