Nigerian Police Arrest Car Thieves, Recovers 10 Vehicles With Altered Chassis Numbers

Nigerian police arrest car thieves, recovers 10 vehicles with altered chassis numbers, firearm, laptops, phones, other items.

Police Detectives attached to the Special Investigation Squad of the Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, have arrested suspects for the various crimes ranging from Criminal Conspiracy and Armed Robbery to Murder and Being in Possession of Stolen Vehicles.

Suspects arrested includes Solomon Nuhu ‘M’ 22yrs, Faruk Umar ‘M’ 17yrs who specialize in car snatching at gun point, Bolaji Yusuf ‘M’ 34yrs, and Lawal Yusuf ‘M’ 38yrs.

The Police Detectives through actionable intelligence also apprehended one Haruna Akubo a.k.a Young Alhaji, where five (5) suspected stolen vehicles were recovered from L.Y Nadabo Motors opposite One Man Village Shopping Center, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State.

“Two other suspects named Bolaji Yusuf ‘M’ 34years and Abubakar Umar were also arrested at Heart Plaza, Maraba, where two Vehicle Master keys were found in Bolaji’s possession with three stolen phones and a bunch of car keys.

“Preliminary investigation led the detectives to recover thirty-two (32) phones of different makes and a 9mm beretta pistol live ammunition in the possession of Faruk Umar.

“In the course of investigation, the Beretta Pistol was recovered from one Solomon Nuhu who claimed he bought it from Faruk Umar at the rate of One Hundred and thirty thousand naira only (N130,000).

“The team of detectives also traced some of the vehicles to Ankpa LGA of Kogi State, where Five (5) other cars were recovered, including a Lexus IS 250 whose owner was said to have been killed in the process of snatching the vehicle, the killer Ibrahim Umar a.k.a Godiya still at large.

According to a statement by Zone 7 Police Command, which supervises the FCT and Niger State Police Command, a total of 10 vehicles with altered Chassis Number, firearm, fabricated car master keys and POS machines were some of the items recovered from the Syndicate.

While calling on law abiding citizens of the FCT to be vigilant as they go about their day to day activities, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja AIG Ogundele J. Ayodeji, also urged them to report any suspicious activities to the police.

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