Gabriel, 23, and a friend were followed home by two men wearing masks and hoods who tried to steal his car, phone and watch, the report said.
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This was contained in a statement by the spokeswoman of the Command, Mariam Yusuf, on Sunday.
The case was then reported to Operatives of the Zonal Monitoring Unit, who, after several attempts to get him, escaped through the ceiling, was finally able to arrest the suspect through native intelligence in Akute axis of Lagos, where he was relaxing in a hotel.
Olajide, who confessed that he specialises in removing cars parked in church premises during worship hours, said he had removed several cars.
A police source said: “The suspect boasted to policemen quizzing him that there was no vehicle tracker he couldn’t disable. He said he was a battery charger before he started stealing vehicle. When he was arrested, he mentioned Zakaria as the person who used to receive stolen vehicles from him.”
The policemen argued over the best way to arrest Zakaria.
The Rapid Response Squad has apprehended three armed robbery suspects in different parts of Lagos State. The RRS teams arrested…
A resident of Asokoro, Abuja, Murtala, who pleaded guilty to the offence of theft, told the court that he found the Guaranty Trust Bank ATM card belonging to his boss in a colleague’s room
The two suspected robbers were arrested after a housewife bathed one of them with hot water when they attempted to rob her home at the Kola-Kollington area of Alagbado, Lagos State
SARS operatives, led by SP Abba Kyarri, also recovered tools used for changing chassis and engine numbers and samples of fabricated chassis numbers were also recovered
The two suspects claimed that they did not know each other from Adam until Ramoni, who is still in incarceration, called each of them at different times, telling them about each other
A Pharmacist, Chidebere Orji, was robbed of his mobile phone, even as his wife’s gold necklace, wrist watch and N46, 000 were snatched
Just recently, more than three rifles were taken from policemen.
John Buhari of Mopol 2, recently lost his rifle to robbers at a warehouse in Ketu area of the state, where he was a guard
John was killed in December 2012, but recent events had further cleared the air, following his second wife’s (robber’s wife) confessions