Police Smash Organised Car Snatching Gang

Fri, Aug 26, 2016

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THE Nigerian Police Force have smashed a gang of criminals that specialized in snatching exotics from members of the public. This followed a crackdown ordered by Ibrahim Idris, inspector general of Police, IGP, following reports of car hijacking and removal of vehicles from where they are packed by unknown persons.

Consequently, the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad swung into action and arrested 29 suspects from different states of the federation and also recovered 12 exotic cars. The operation will be sustained to cover the entire country, a statement signed by DCP Don Awunah, force public relations officer said.

The list of the persons arrested are in the tables below:

S/NO.	NAME OF SUSPECT(S)	SEX	STATE SUSPECT(S) ARRESTED
i.	Abdulazeez Sani	Male	Kano State
ii.	Sanusi Hassan	Male	Sokoto State
iii	Abdullahi Musa aka (Sabo)	Male	Plateau State
iv	Masa’ud Muhammad	Male	Kano State
V	Inusa Ishiaku	Male	Zamfara State
Vi	Samila Abdulkareem	Male	Kaduna State
Vii	Mohammed Zaiyanu	Male	Kano State
Viii	Mohammed Sani Tukur	Male	Kaduna State
ix	Zaiyanu Sanusi Hassan	Male	Sokoto State
X	Tukur Ibrahim	Male	Kaduna State
Xi	Musa Salisu	Male	Kano State
Xii	Magaji Saidu	Male	Kaduna State
Xiii	Saidu Garba aka (Katako)	Male	Kano State
Xiv	Bature Alhaji Haruna	Male	Kogi State
Xv	Abduibassi Umar	Male	Kano State
Xvi	Lawal Adamu	Male	Kogi State
Xvii	Haruna Danladi	Male	Kano State
Xviii	Orodu Jeremiah	Male	Delta State
Xix	Sadam Husaini	Male	Kano State
Xx	Adamu Rabiu	Male	Kogi state
Xxi	Nasiru Abbah	Male	Plateau State
Xxii	Bello Magaji	Male	Kogi State
Xxiii	Shahu Alhassan aka Nasara	Male	Plateau State
Xxiv	Emavwoyan Christopher	Male	Delta State
Xxv	Abubakar Abdullahi aka	Male	Plateau State
Xxvi	Ummar Hamza aka Papa	Male	Kogi State
Xxvii	Suleiman Aliyu	Male	Plateau State
Xxviii	Shehu Alhassan	Male	Kogi State
xxix	Hamza Dauda	Male	Plateau State

Exhibits Recovered

S/N	VEHICLE MAKE	REG. NO.	CHASSIS NO.	COLOR
i	TOYOTA COROLA MODEL 1983	BUU 567 TG	JTILOAE820020578	LIGHT GREEN
ii	PEUGEOT 206	NIL	VF32AWFZE40911994	ASH
iii	HONDA (DC)	TRN 704 SY	18GCM56836A046647	BLACK
iv	TOYOTA CAMRY LE	KMK 108 AQ	4T1BG22K4WU386224	WHITE
v	MERCEDES 4MATIC	NIL	WDBRF6IJ42F200992	BLACK
vi	HONDA CIVIC	BU 669 EKY	JHMEK355005108661	ASH
vii	HONDA ACADEMIC	CU 518 APP	18GCD5650VA012475	BLACK
viii	GOLF 3 WAGON	RBC 416 JT	MVWZZZIHZWBO61315	DARK BLUE
ix	HONDA CIVIC	NIL	ZHGEJ6675WH519691	ASH
x	HONDA CRV JEEP	NIL	JHLRD1852VC054054	GREEN
xi	HONDA ACADEMIC	LKJ 182 AC	IHJCZ5608VA268268	ASH
xii	HONDA ACADEMIC	AG 280 KJR	IHGD5650TA073077	RED

The police advise members of the public to check through the above listed recovered vehicles for possible identification and provide proof of ownership to enable them reclaim same. The recovered vehicles are currently in safe keeping at the IGP Special Tactical Squad on Heinous Crime facility at SARS premises old Abattoir Guzape District, Abuja.

Also, in a related development, the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Tactical Squad working on intelligence sourced in Kogi and Edo States, arrested eight suspects in connection with Kidnapping, Armed robbery and Cattle rustling in the two States. Three AK 47 riffles and 147 rounds of ammunition were recovered from them. All the suspects confessed to the crime and have admitted to the various roles they played in the commission of the offence. They will be arraigned in court at the close of investigation.

While commending the officers and men of the Special Tactical Squad for the high level of professionalism displayed in the course of the operation, the IGP assures members of the Public that the force is being repositioned with modern crime fighting techniques to tackle crime and criminalities in the country, the statement said.

— Sep 5, 2016 @ 01:00 GMT

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