29 Arrested, 12 Exotic Cars Recovered as Police Bust Car-snatching Gangs

29 Arrested, 12 Exotic Cars Recovered as Police Bust Car-snatching Gangs

Twenty-nine suspected criminals were arrested and 12 exotic cars recovered from them when Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Tactical Squad smashed car snatching gangs across the country.

The breakthrough followed the concern raised by acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris,  about reports of car hijacking and removal of vehicles from where they were packed by unknown person(s).

He therefore ordered a crackdown on criminals responsible for car hijacking and stealing nationwide.

Force spokesman, Don N. Awunah, a deputy commissioner of police, said in a statement that “Consequently, IGP’s Special Tactical Squad swung into action and arrested 29 suspects from different states of the federation and also recovered 12 exotic cars. The operation will be sustained to cover the entire country.”

He said, at the end of the operations, the following suspected were arrested:

Names of Suspects and States…

i. Abdulazeez Sani      (M)        Kano State

ii. Sanusi Hassan,        (M) Sokoto State

iii Abdullahi Musa   (M) aplateau 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,  (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 (M) Plateau State

Xxiv Emavwoyan Christopher (M) Delta State

Xxv Abubakar Abdullahi (M) Plateau State      

Xxvi Ummar Hamza aka Papa  (M) Kogi State

Xxvii Suleiman Aliyu (M) Plateau State

Xxviii Shehu Alhassan (M) Kogi State

The vehicles recovered, according to him, include:

                               

1. TOYOTA COROLA MODEL 1983

BUU 567 TG JTILOAE820020578

LIGHT GREEN

2. PEUGEOT 206

VF32AWFZE40911994 ASH

3. HONDA (DC) TRN 704 SY

18GCM56836A046647 BLACK

4. TOYOTA CAMRY LE

KMK 108 AQ

4T1BG22K4WU386224

WHITE

5. MERCEDES 4MATIC WDBRF6IJ42F200992  BLACK

6. HONDA CIVIC BU 669 EKY  JHMEK355005108661 ASH

7. HONDA ACADEMIC CU 518 APP

18GCD5650VA012475 BLACK

8. GOLF 3 WAGON  RBC 416 JT MVWZZZIHZWBO61315 DARK BLUE

9. HONDA CIVIC  ZHGEJ6675WH519691

ASH

10. HONDA CRV JEEP JHLRD1852VC054054   GREEN

11. HONDA ACADEMIC  LKJ 182 AC

IHJCZ5608VA268268     ASH

12. HONDA ACADEMIC AG 280 KJR

IHGD5650TA073077  RED

The Force spokesman further said: “Members of the public are hereby advised to check through the above listed recovered vehicles for possible identification and provide proof of ownership to enable them reclaim same. 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

“Meanwhile, in a related development, the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Tactical Squad working on intelligence sourced in Kogi and Edo States, arrested eight suspects in connection with Kidnapping, Armed robbery and Cattle rustling in the two States. Three (3) AK 47 riffles and one hundred and forty seven (147) rounds of ammunition were recovered from them. All the suspects confessed to the crime and have admitted to the various roles they played in the commission of the offence. They will be arraigned in court at the close of investigation.   

“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.”