Police Arrest 29 Criminals, Recover 12 Exotic Cars | Photos

The Police yester­day announced the arrest of 29 suspected criminals and recovery of 12 ex­otic cars.
According to the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don An­wunah, the arrests were carried out by the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad from different states of the federation. The operation, he stat­ed, will be sustained.
Anwunah listed the names of the suspects as well as the recovered vehicles and advised members of the public to check through the list for possible iden­tification and provide proof of ownership to enable them reclaim same.
“The recovered ve­hicles are currently in safe keeping at the IGP Special Tactical Squad on Heinous Crime fa­cility at SARS premises old Abattoir Guzape District, Abuja,” he stressed.
In a related develop­ment, the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad work­ing on intelligence sourced in Kogi and Edo States, arrested eight suspects in con­nection with kidnap­ping, armed robbery and cattle rustling in the two States.
The police spokes­man stated that Three AK 47 riffles and 147 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the suspects.
“All the suspects confessed to the crime and have admitted to the various roles they played in the commis­sion of the offence. They will be arraigned in court at the close of investigation,” he said.
While commending the officers and men of the Special Tactical Squad for the high lev­el of professionalism displayed in the course of the operation, he expressed the IGP as­surances that the force is being repositioned with modern crime fighting techniques to tackle crime and crim­inalities in the country.
IGP’S SPECIAL TACTICAL SQUAD SMASHES AN ORGANIZED CAR SNATCHING GANG, ARREST TWENTY NINE (29) SUSPECTS AND RECOVERED TWELVE (12) EXOTIC CARSThe Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni concerned about reports of car hijacking and removal of vehicles from where packed by unknown person(s) ordered a crackdown on criminals responsible for car hijacking and stealing nationwide.
Consequently, IGP’s Special Tactical Squad swung into action and arrested twenty nine (29) suspects from different states of the federation and also recovered twelve (12) exotic cars. The operation will be sustained to cover the entire country.

29gang 4159216_fbimg1472236941441_h 4159215_fbimg1472236944528_t

Source: BreakingTimes