Police Arrest Car Thieves That Changes Chassis No Of Vehicles Stolen In Abuja Before Selling Them In Lagos

Operatives of FCT Police Command bust car-theft syndicate that specializes in selling vehicles stolen in Abuja in Lagos.

Detectives discovered that the suspects change the chassis number of stolen vehicles before selling them.

Three vehicles were recovered from the suspects, including a Toyota Camry, an Audi A4 and a Honda Accord.

The operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have busted a notorious car theft syndicate that specialises in stealing vehicles from Abuja and reselling them in Lagos State.

FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, said that the suspects, Anthony Chibuzor and Jonas Chikwe, change the chassis number of stolen vehicles before selling them to unsuspecting buyers in Lagos.

Igweh disclosed that luck ran out of the gang when a friend to one of their victims whose car was stolen in Abuja travelled to Lagos for an engagement only to see the stolen car of his friend at a car stand, put up for sale.

After being alerted and urged by his friend to come to Lagos to check the car, the victim confirmed that the car put up for sale was his stolen Toyota Camry. He subsequently informed the FCT Police.

Igweh said police detectives deployed to the scene discovered that the original chassis of the stolen Toyota Camry had been changed. The car was later recovered and the criminals arrested.

Igweh revealed :

“On May 1, 2024, at about 3pm, acting on credible intelligence, police operatives of Apo Legislative Quarters, trailed and arrested two notorious car theft suspects namely, Anthony Chibuzor and his friend Jonas Chikwe both males of Lagos state who have been on the wanted list of the command.

“They are part of a notorious car theft syndicate terrorising FCT and its environs. Three vehicles to which the suspects gave no satisfactory account were recovered including a Toyota Camry with Reg No. Lagos 23, an Audi A4 with Reg No. KRD 349 JD and a Honda Accord Sports with Reg No. BDG 42 JC, some of which the Chassis No. had been altered by the suspects.”

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