(PHOTOS): POLICE ARREST ‘ONE CHANCE’ ROBBER, DRUG PEDDLER, OTHERS IN ENUGU
Six suspects have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command on charges of a variety of offenses, including robbery with a “one chance,” illegal possession and trafficking of suspected cocaine, marijuana (“Ghana Loud”), theft of a car battery, a tricycle (Keke), and a church organ keyboard.
This was made known in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, on its X handle on Monday.
The statement read in part, āPolice operatives serving in different divisions of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested a total of six male suspects for the offences of āone chanceā robbery, unlawful possession and peddling of suspected cocaine, stealing of a motor vehicle battery, a tricycle (Keke), and a church organ keyboard.
āTwo tricycles, one motor vehicle battery, one organ keyboard, wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine, and quantities of weeds suspected to be āGhana Loudā were recovered from the suspects.
āAccordingly, police operatives serving in the Independence Layout Police Division of the Command, working with law-abiding citizens, on April 18, 2024, around 10am., arrested one Edeh Chibuike āmā, aged 44, and recovered a yello-coloured Bajaj tricycle with registration number NSK 218 QA.
āThe suspect and his cohorts who escaped, operating in the recovered tricycle, are alleged to have robbed their female victim and passenger of her iPhone and Bankās ATM Card at Nwakanwa Street, Independence Layout, Enugu.
āThe suspect and gang members were 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 āone chanceā robbery and fraud on unsuspecting victims within the Enugu metropolis.ā
The PPRO added that the same operatives, on April 17, 2024, around 4 p.m., arrested one Supuruchukwu Udeozor āmā aged 20, of Power-line near New Artisan, Enugu, and recovered a suspected stolen blue-coloured tricycle (keke) with number plate UWN 132 VK and feet No. EBS/TRO 1555.ā