The Enugu State Police Command has detained two suspects for alleged car break-in and stealing within Enugu metropolis.
The Command’s Spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Saturday that the operatives also recovered stolen phones.
They also recovered the suspects’ operational vehicle.
Ndukwe said the feat was achieved by police operatives serving in the New Haven Division on September 24, 2024 around 4pm.
He said that the police operatives detained one Abuchi Kenneth, 27, and one Ifeanyi Odu, 29, for break in and stealing a Samsung Galaxy and Infinix smartphones from a car parked on Rangers Avenue, Enugu.
He said: “A preliminary investigation reveals that the suspects, who respectively gave their addresses as Zuba, Abuja, and Nekede Owerri, Imo State, surreptitiously broke into the parked car and made away with the phones.
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“However, upon receiving information on the criminal act, police operatives promptly went after, intercepted and arrested the suspects at Otigba Roundabout, Enugu.
“The police operatives recovered the phones and the suspects’ operational vehicle, a Toyota Corolla car with registration number KUJ 614 CF.
“The suspects will be arraigned in court soonest.”
