Anambra state police command has recovered a total of 150 handsets from three suspected robbers in the state.
The robbery suspects include Mr Anyingor Arinze of Othuke, Asaba Delta state, Mr Chinedu Nweke of Mbekwe Estate, Ogidi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra state and, Mr Ebuka Christian Eziamaka of Ire village, Obosi in Idemili North LGA.
According to the State Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Muhammed, the suspects allegedly specialise on car and handsets snatching and were nabbed on August 26 by Puff Adder operatives in conjunction with detectives attached to Aguata Division, following intelligence report.
“Suspects were part of the gang allegedly involved in series of Armed robbery/Carjacking in Anambra and Asaba axis including the snatching of one Toyota Corolla 2004 and Lexus 300 car on the 21/07/2019 in Aguata.
“Exhibits recovered in their possession includes one Gionee handset belonging to one of the victims whose vehicle was snatched. Other exhibits recovered are 12 Itel phones of different models, 26 Infinix phones of different models.
“Also recovered are 32 Tecno phones of different models, 16 Samsung phones of different models, 3 Gionee phones of different models and 60 other smaller phones of different make and models all reasonably suspected to have been snatched from different Victims.
“Case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to court for prosecution. The Command enjoins the Public whose handsets were either snatched or stolen through similar modus to report at the Special Anti robbery Squad Akwuzu with proof of ownership in order to claim their handsets and also give further evidence to aid Police investigation,” he stated.