Five suspected members of a notorious one-chance syndicate have been apprehended by the Rivers State Police Command.
On January 28, the Surveillance Patrol Team attached to the Hyper City Unit of the Rivers State Police Command, while on patrol along NLNG Road, Eastern Bypass, Port Harcourt, received a distress call from a victim (name withheld), a female resident of Federal Housing Estate, Trans-Amadi, Port Harcourt. She reported that her phone had been stolen by the occupants of a green Volkswagen Vento saloon car with registration number ANAMBRA FGG 40 AA.
The team swiftly took action, intercepted the vehicle, and arrested five suspects including Ifeanyi Ugo (male), aged 45 years, Paulina Ibe (female), aged 45 years, Nneka Precious Sunday (female), aged 30 years, Christopher Ibe (male), aged 31 years and Oyinyechi Ibe (female), aged 48 years.
A preliminary investigation is ongoing, with the suspects and the recovered vehicle currently in police custody.