Police Arrest Grandpa, 2 Others for Car Snatching

By David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka
 

Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 64 year-old grandfather and two members of his syndicate who specialise in car snatching in South Eastern States.

The suspects were arrested at Nnobi in Idemili South local government area of the state.

Mrs. Nkeiruka Nwode, State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) who paraded the suspects before journalist on Thursdaysaid the suspects stole a wine-coloured Toyota Tacoma SUV parked by a worshiper on a Sunday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Amakohia, Owerri, Imo State.

She stated that the suspects were tracked by men of the state command to Nnobi where they were arrested through a tip-off.

Nwode who gave the names of the suspects as Monday Uche (64), Sunday Ofoekwe (42) and Joseph Chikezie (60) said Uche and Chikezie conspired with two others, Samuel Okowa and Johnson Okowa who were still at large to steal the car where it was parked in a church.

She said the third suspect was only brought into the deal by the duo that planned to sell the car to him, just as he (Chikezie) denied that he had any intention of buying the car.

Items recovered from the suspects and displayed before the suspects include; 25 bunches of car keys, One master key, one federal road safety jacket and banner, two number plates (MUS 515 AX Lagos and NSH 109 FM Anambra, one emergency tyre pump, one Toyota ignition key seating, sets of spanners and Anambra State vigilante ID card.

She said the suspects had confessed to the crime and had been assisting police with useful information and would be handed over to Imo state police command where the crime was committed for prosecution.

“I want to call on the good people of Anambra to be security conscious at all times and report any strange observation or suspicious movements to the security agencies,” she said.

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