Nine robbery suspects, including two brothers, are in the police custody for allegedly stealing five exotic cars.
The suspects were arrested by policemen attached to the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos last month following the arrest of one of the gang members.
The suspects were paraded on Tuesday at the Lagos State Police Command with the vehicles they allegedly stole from an Indian company, Kenach Car, at the Lekki area of the state on May 19.
The vehicles recovered are unregistered.
They include one Fortune SR5 Jeep, two Toyota Camry and two Toyota Corolla.
Narrating how the gang allegedly stole the vehicle from the company, one of the suspects, Jerry Ambeye, a private security guard at the company, stated that the policeman attached to the company fell asleep and he used the opportunity to invite his gang to steal the cars.
Ambeye added that the vehicles were moved to Akwa Ibom State for the receiver, one Patrick Akpan, in Ikot Ekpene to purchase them for N10 million.
Ambeye said: “I was watching the policeman.
“As soon as he fell asleep, I had already told my gang to be at alert.
“So when the policeman slept off, I called them to come out from their hiding place and I went to open the garage for them and they drove the car out.
“We would have gotten N10 million if the police did not arrest us as the receiver has promised to pay us our money in cash.”
Luck ran out on the gang when the Managing Director of the company, Deepak Vidani, reported the crime to the police at Area J, Lekki and the case was subsequently transferred to SARS, Ikeja.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, said the suspects will be charged to court soon.