Police operatives of the Enugu State Command have smashed an armed robbery and mini truck-snatching syndicate leading to the arrest of one male suspect.
The suspect, Chinedu Onwuka, aged 35, was arrested around 3:00 p.m. on May 11. In the operation, the operatives rescued a male victim, who was tied to a tree in the bush, and recovered his Daihatsu Hijet mini truck, locally known as “Diana”, which the suspect and his gang had stolen at gunpoint.
In a statement made available to journalists by the Enugu Police Command PRO, SP Daniel Ndukwe, “The robbers had hired the driver to transport bags of sand from the Ogbete area of Enugu to Umuatuaboma in Nkanu West LGA.
However, along the Umuatuaboma–Obuofia Road, they diverted the vehicle into a bush at gunpoint, tied the driver to a tree, and fled with the truck. A prompt response by the operatives led to the arrest of the suspect, while others escaped.”
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and admitted to participating in a similar operation the previous month, for which he was paid ninety thousand naira (₦90,000.00) as proceeds from the sale of another snatched mini truck.”
He said.Ndukwe reaffirmed the command’s unwavering resolve to clamp down on unrepentant criminals of this nature.
He urges mini truck and other types of truck operators to remain vigilant and cautious about whom they accept conveyance jobs from and their destinations to avoid falling victim to such criminal acts.
