By Polycarp Ifeanyi, Onitsha
The Anambra State Police Command attached to Harbour Division last week arrested two Robbers dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of valuable on the second Niger Bridge.
In a statement which signed by the Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO) Anambra State Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, he said that the Police team which was on surveillance patrol on the Bridge to prevent vandals from stealing expansion joint were alerted to activities of the gang near the Obosi end of the Bridge.
According to Ikenga, the covert Police team monitored the gang and swooped in on them arresting two of the gangsters while others fled.
He also said that when searched, two daggers and five Sim Cards removed from previously stolen phones were recovered from the suspects. Aged between 20 and 22 years.
He further disclosed that one of the suspects hailed from Enugu State and the other from Ebonyi State, stating that the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye has commended the Police team for its vigilance and courage in confronting the gang.
The Police image maker also noted that CP Adeoye has directed that owners of the recovered Sim Cards be located with a view to assembling evidence for successful prosecution of the arrested suspects.
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