Anambra State Police Command have arrested two robbery suspects who specialise in robbing people on the Second Niger Bridge.
The suspects, who hail from Enugu and Ebonyi states, were apprehended at the Anambra end of the Bridge in the town of Obosi in Idemili North local government area.
Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, said in a statement that the robbers were dispossessing people of their belongings at the time of their arrest.
He said: “Men of Anambra State Police command attached to Harbour Division have nabbed two robbers dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of their valuables on the Second Niger Bridge.
“The Police team which was on surveillance patrol on the Bridge to prevent vandals from stealing expansion joints, were alerted to activities of the gang near the Obosi end of the bridge.
“The team monitored the gang and swooped on them, arrested two of the gangsters, while others fled.
“When searched, two daggers and five SIM cards removed from previously stolen phones were recovered from the suspects who were aged between 20 and 22 years.
“One of the suspects hailed from Enugu State and the other from Ebonyi State.”
He added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, applauded the patrol team for their vigilance and guts in catching the gang and ordered the police to find the owners of the recovered sim cards to collect evidence for the prosecution of the arrested suspects.