The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended two suspects for alleged car breaking and theft in Enugu city.
According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the police also found stolen phones and the vehicle used by the suspects.
This accomplishment was made by police officers from the New Haven Division on September 24, 2024, at approximately 4 p.m.
According to him, the police officers arrested Abuchi Kenneth, 27, and Ifeanyi Odu, 29, for breaking into a car parked on Rangers Avenue in Enugu and stealing a Samsung Galaxy and Infinix smartphones.
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“A preliminary investigation reveals that the suspects, who respectively gave their addresses as Zuba, Abuja, and Nekede Owerri, Imo State, surreptitiously broke into the parked car and made away with the phones.
“However, upon receiving information on the criminal act, police operatives promptly went after, intercepted, and arrested the suspects at Otigba Roundabout, Enugu.
“The police operatives recovered the phones and the suspects’ operational vehicle, a Toyota Corolla car with registration number KUJ 614 CF.
“The suspects will be arraigned in court soonest,” he added.
