VIDEO: POLICE ARREST TRICYCLE THIEVES IN DELTA, RECOVER STOLEN PHONES

The Delta State Police Command has arrested and paraded four suspects linked to a tricycle theft syndicate.

Authorities also recovered six stolen mobile phones from the suspects.

In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, February 4, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, explained that the criminals operated by disguising as passengers, distracting their victims, robbing them, and then pushing them out of the moving tricycle.

One of the victims, a male, recounting his experience, said, “On the first Saturday, I boarded a Keke going to Government House. I met two guys inside the Keke, including the Keke rider, making them three. One of them started coughing. I was asking him what happened, not knowing he was trying to remove my phone. When I got to where I wanted to stop, I checked inside my pocket and couldn’t find my phone.”

Another victim, a female, shared her ordeal: “I was on my way to FMC; this is the Keke rider; this other one was the one coughing. When this one started coughing, he started pouring saliva on me. I was trying to ask him what was going on and what he was doing, but he didn’t answer; he just continued.

“When I noticed my phone was missing was when he was coughing and put his mouth outside; that was when he picked up my phone. They told me to come down from the Keke and pushed me.”