Police Uncovers Armed Syndicate in Anambra State

By Chinwe Onuigbo, Awka

On Jul 23, 2023

Men of Anambra State Police Command have arrested three members of an armed syndicate that targets Dangote trailers plying the highways in the State.

In a statement released by the command’s Public Relations Officer DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the Police acting on a tip-off stormed the hideout of the syndicate at Nnokwa in the state, where three suspects were arrested vandalizing two trailers.

The vandalized head of one of the trailers was recovered while the whereabout of the other is yet to be ascertained.

Suspects were taken into custody for interrogation while the state Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, directed the State CID in Awka to take over the case for comprehensive investigation and prosecution of anyone indicted in the crime.