Police nab robbery syndicate, recover nine phones, tricycles in Anambra
Police nab robbery syndicate, recover nine phones, tricycles in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has apprehended a four-man gang specialising in tricycle and phone snatching along the Awka and Ifite axis, targeting unsuspecting members of the public, particularly students.
According to a press statement released on Tuesday by the state police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, operatives from the Rapid Response Squad carried out the arrest in the early hours of Monday.
Recovered items from the gang include nine mobile phones, including an iPhone belonging to a victim, one laptop, two tricycles with registration numbers LSD 464 QP and BLF 552 VH, four additional tricycle plate numbers, and a substance suspected to be a hard drug.
The statement read, “Anambra State Police Operatives attached to Rapid Response Squad Akwuzu, during night patrol on August 25, 2025, along the Agu Awka/Ifite Awka axis, intercepted a tricycle and arrested a four-man criminal syndicate specialising in robbing residents, particularly students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, of phones and other valuables.
“The suspects are: Nnaji Chidera, 19; Chijioke Mmaduabuchi, 21; Wisdom Ogbonna, 19; and Afamefuna Egbe, 20. Upon interrogation, they confessed to being part of a criminal syndicate that robs students in the Awka axis. They revealed that multiple tricycle plate numbers were used to disguise their vehicles during operations.”
The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, commended the operatives for their swift response and warned youths to stay away from crime. He emphasised that the command would ensure offenders face the full weight of the law.
