Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested three suspects in connection with car theft and recovered nine vehicles. The command also nabbed fake dollar note racketeers.
Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Benneth Igweh, made the disclosure during a briefing on the security situation in Abuja. He said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the command on February 16, following credible intelligence.
The CP said the suspects were members of a four-man gang that specialised in inter-state robbery and car snatching. He said the suspects were allegedly responsible for a series of car snatching and the disappearance of several Hilux vehicles reportedly stolen in the FCT and its environ.
Igweh said: “The suspects come into FCT, perpetrate their heinous acts and take the stolen vehicles to Port-Harcourt to sell.” He said items recovered from the suspects included master keys and nine vehicles, consisting of five Toyota Hilux, one Toyota Rav 4, one Toyota Corolla, one Toyota Camry and one Lexus SUV jeep.
The CP said the Toyota Rav4 and the five Hilux vehicles had no registration number while the Toyota Corolla, Toyota Camry, and the Lexus SUV jeep, had registration numbers GWA 630 AG, ABJ 307 LK, and KRD 949 FM, respectively.
According to Igweh, the suspects had confessed to the crime and were currently assisting the police to arrest other gang members at large. He said operatives from the anti-fraud unit of the command, on February 23, also arrested two suspects in possession of 36 packs of fake $100 notes.
The CP said the suspects were arrested at Tincan Resort Garden in the Jabi area of Abuja, following credible intelligence. He added: “The suspects had confessed to be members of an eight-man gang which specialises in inter-state sale of fake dollar notes.
“They had also confessed to having sold several of the fake notes to unsuspecting residents of the FCT before they were apprehended.”
