Car snatchers arrested with 150 phones in Delta state

The Anambra State Police Command have arrested and recovered 150 phones from car snatchers in Delta State. 

The suspects are identified as Anyingor Arinze of Otueke, from Asaba Delta State; Chinedu Nweke of Mbekwe Estate, Ogidi and Ebuka Christian Eziamaka of Ire village, Obosi, both of Idemili North LGA of Anambra State are reportedly members of a gang involved in series of armed robbery/carjacking in Anambra and Asaba axis.

The phones recovered are suspected to have been stolen from their different victims.

Haruna Mohammed, the Anambra State police command Police spokesperson, confirming the incident said, “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, 32 Tecno phones of different models, 16 Samsung phones of different models, three 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."

“The Command enjoins the public whose handsets were either snatched or stolen through similar modus to report at the Special Anti-robbery Squad Awkuzu with proof of ownership in order to claim their handsets and also give further evidence to aid police investigation,” he added.