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By Okperan Bliss
The Commissioner of Police for Anambra Police Command, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, has commended his men for arresting some suspected robbers on the Second Niger Bridge.
A statement on Monday by the spokesman for the police in the state, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), disclosed that the suspects were apprehended by officers in the Harbour Division of the command.
According to him, the security operatives caught them during a surveillance patrol of the facility on Sunday.
Recall that recently, the federal government raised an alarm that some thieves were vandalising the newly completed project.
Mr Ikenga said during a patrol, some policemen observed strange activities near the Obosi end of the bridge, triggering their curiosity.
Though the police did not state that the suspects vandalised the bridge, it noted that its personnel suspected them of planning to carry out illegal activities and swooped in on them.
“The suspects are said to be aged between 20 and 22 years, one of which comes from Enugu state and the other from Ebonyi state,” Ikenga said.
The team apprehended two of the culprits and successfully recovered (two daggers and five SIM cards from previously stolen phones), while others managed to get away.
