Police Nab Notorious Car Snatching Gang

Worried by several reports of car snatching in various parts of the country, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, ordered his Special Tactical Squad to tackle the crime and ensure the arrest of those behind these acts.

Armed with the IG’s directive and support, the squad set out for operation and this has yielded the expected result.

An organized car snatching gang was recently arrested by the team and 12 exotic vehicles recovered from them.

During the operations carried out across the country, 29 persons were apprehended by the police.

Meanwhile, members of the public have been advised by the police to check through below the listed recovered vehicles for possible identification and provide proof of ownership to enable them reclaim same.

A statement issued Friday by the Force’s spokesman, Don Awunah, disclosed that 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”

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.

S/NO.

NAME OF SUSPECT(S)

STATE SUSPECT(S) ARRESTED

i.

Abdulazeez Sani (M)

Kano State

ii.

Sanusi Hassan, (M)

Sokoto State

iii

Abdullahi Musa aka (Sabo) (M)

Plateau State

iv

Masa’ud Muhammad (M)

Kano State

V

Inusa Ishiaku, (M)

Zamfara State

Vi

Samila Abdulkareem (M)

Kaduna State

Vii

Mohammed Zaiyanu (M)

Kano State

Viii

Mohammed Sani Tukur (M)

Kaduna State

ix

Zaiyanu Sanusi Hassan, (M)

Sokoto State

X

Tukur Ibrahim (M)

Kaduna State

Xi

Musa Salisu (M)

Kano State

Xii

Magaji Saidu (M)

Kaduna State

Xiii

Saidu Garba aka (Katako), (M)

Kano State

Xiv

Bature Alhaji Haruna (M)

Kogi State

Xv

Abduibassi Umar (M)

Kano State

Xvi

Lawal Adamu (M)

Kogi State

Xvii

Haruna Danladi (M)

Kano State

Xviii

Orodu Jeremiah (M)

Delta State

Xix

Sadam Husaini (M)

Kano State

Xx

Adamu Rabiu (M)

Kogi state

Xxi

Nasiru Abbah (M)

Plateau State

Xxii

Bello Magaji (M)

Kogi State

Xxiii

Shahu Alhassan aka Nasara (M)

Plateau State

Xxiv

Emavwoyan Christopher (M)

Delta State

Xxv

Abubakar Abdullahi aka (M)

Plateau State

Xxvi

Ummar Hamza aka Papa (M)

Kogi State

Xxvii

Suleiman Aliyu (M)

Plateau State

Xxviii

Shehu Alhassan (M)

Kogi State

xxix

Hamza Dauda (M)

Plateau State

EXIBITS 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