Etim Ekpimah
Operatives of Anambra State Police Command have arrested three members of an armed syndicate that targets Dangote trucks plying the highways in the state.
The police acting on a tip-off stormed the hideout of the syndicate at Nnokwa where three suspects were arrested vandalising two trailers.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said on Saturday, 22 July 2023 that the vandalised head of one of the trailers was recovered while the whereabouts of the other have yet to be ascertained.
Tochukwu stated that the suspects were taken into custody for interrogation.
The Commissioner of Police CP Aderemi Adeoye has directed State CID Awka to take over the case for comprehensive investigation and prosecution of anyone indicted in the crime.