The Toyota Highlander Jeep snatched at gunpoint in Warri axis of Delta State wason Tuesday recovered by operatives of the Anti-Crime patrol team.
The stolen vehicle, with registration number Delta ABH 629 AA, was abandoned when the patrol team intercepted the gang along Obiaruku, headquarters of Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state, while on patrol along New Sapele/Agbor Road, opposite the Post Office.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, at the state headquarters said the three-man-gang fled, abandoning the Highlander Jeep on sighting the policemen.
According to Kalu, preliminary investigation revealed that “the said vehicle was snatched from its owner, one Engr. Joseph Okolie, at Warri at gunpoint earlier in the evening of the same date.”
She said: “The said Toyota Highlander Jeep has been recovered to the Police station Obiaruku while efforts are on to arrest the fleeing suspects.”