The Anti Crime Patrol Team of the Abacha Police Station, while on routine patrol within the new GRA, has intercepted a two-man robbery gang operating in a Honda Element car and terrorising residents of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The suspects namely: thirty-one year old Chibudo Ugwuala and twenty-three year old Godwin Ekpuno were said to have been arrested with the car and the Military Camouflage, including Military Ranks of Brigadier General and Colonel, which they have been using to allegedly intimidate people and commit crimes.
Spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni in a statement said further probe revealed that the duo were persons with disabilities, one dumb and the other limping but thrive in criminal activities.
DSP Omoni also stated that operatives of the Anti Crime Patrol Team arrested one Baridose Taabaa from Khana Local Government Area whose criminal gang specialises in snatching handsets from unsuspecting persons along the Ikwerre Road.
He said the twenty-six year old Baridose was arrested shortly after he snatched a Samsung Handset from the owner at the Agip Flyover.
“The Handset was immediately recovered and the owner identified it to be his.
“All suspects arrested are helping us in our investigation and will be charged to court as soon as our investigation is completed,” he said.
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