Following the flag off of operation Puff Adder in Onitsha by the Commissioner of Police CP Mustapha Dandaura, Police operatives attached Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and operation “Puff Adder” in conjunction with local vigilante have arrested two suspects who allegedly specialised in snatching women’s handbags at upper Iweka Onitsha.
According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer Mr Haruna Mohammed the suspects one Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi and one Sopulu Ugwoma who hailed from Nsukka, Enugu State are among the hoodlums terrorising Upper Iwekka and Owerri road axis.
The statement disclosed that a single barrel fabricated short gun was recovered from them as exhibit while Case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to Court for prosecution.
It would be recalled that recently the Command has mobilized personnel and logistics at Upper Iweka to curtail the menace of robbery and handbags snatching syndicates in the area through operation Puff Adder.
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