Monday, June 2, 2025 - The Anambra State Police Command has apprehended three suspected robbery gang members who specialize in dispossessing residents of their belongings, particularly vehicles, at gunpoint.
The suspects, identified as Monday Onoja, Sanusi Muhammed,
and Kenneth Nwokpu, aged between 27 and 32, were arrested on May 30, 2025, at
Agukwu-Nri in Anaocha Local Government Area.
In a statement released on Monday, the spokesman for the
state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspects were arrested based on the
confession of a detainee in custody.
Ikenga said the police operatives attached to the Rapid
Response Squad, Awkuzu, carried out the arrest at Agukwu-Nri, Anaocha Local
Government Area of the state on Saturday.
He said the team also recovered one automatic pump-action
gun and items suspected to have been stolen, including a white Mercedes-Benz
C300 4matic car with Reg No: KWC 140, an ash Lexus 350 car with Reg No: 669 CY,
and two exotic phones.
He said;
“Police
operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu in the early hours of
May 30, 2025 acting on information obtained from an armed suspect in custody
arrested one Monday Onoja, Sanusi Muhammed, Kenneth Nwokpu all males and within
the age bracket of 27 – 32 years.
“The team
also recovered one automatic pump action gun, and items suspected to have been
stolen from victims which include a white Mercedes Benz C300 4matic car with
Reg No: KWC 140, ash Lexus 350 car with Reg No: 669 CY, and two exotic phones.
“The
operatives have expanded investigations and emplaced every necessary measure to
arrest other gang members that are currently at large.
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