° Arrest robbers terrorizing Delta Community
The Delta State Police Command has busted a robbery syndicate that specialized in trailing Bank customers and dispossessed them of their money in Asaba.
The syndicate mode of operation was to monitor customers who withdraw huge sum of money from banks, trail them, break into their vehicles at the slightest opportunity and Cart away their money and other valuables
According to Delta State Police Publlic Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe,”sequel to series of complaints by residents in Asaba and other parts of the State about a criminal syndicate that monitors customers who withdraw huge sum of money from banks, trail them, break into their vehicles at the slightest opportunity and cart away their money and other valuables. The Command’s crack squad acting on credible intelligence, arrested one Izuchukwu Aniebue, 42,and Kingsley Nduka,32, in the premises of Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria (ASCSN) along Mariam Babangida road Asaba.
“The suspects trailed the unsuspecting victim from one of the new generation banks at Nnebisi road, Asaba, where he went to withdraw some money, they followed him to his house,but before they could break into the vehicle, the police operatives rounded them up and arrested the suspects.
“During interrogation, the suspects stated that they belong to a syndicate that specializes in trailing customers after making withdrawals from banks around Asaba to their destinations and thereafter, break into their vehicles, cart away their money and other valuables, and that they have been doing this for the past one year . Investigation is ongoing.
“In another development, on May 4,2023 at about 1900hrs, the DPO Issele-uku Division, CSP Onyeke Ezekiel, mobilized and led a team of policemen on an intelligence led investigation about a syndicate that has been terrorizing issele-uku and other areas in Aniocha-North LGA, and stormed their hideout where three suspects namely:Samuel Nimven Ponfa Dandi ,and John Tanko, all of Plateau State but resident in Aniocha-North LGA, Delta State, were arrested. Upon searching of the suspects, one locally fabricated AK-47 rifle with three live ammunition were recovered from them”.
He said investigation was ongoing.
