Operatives of Octopus Strike Force of the Rivers State Police Command has arrested a member of a notorious Car Snatching Syndicate one Nnali Osita 21 year old that specialises in robbing BOLT/UBER Drivers in the State.
The Police spokesman in the state Mr Nnamdi Omoni in a statement said while solving a Case of Car snatching reported by one Yusuf Ogunshola a Bolt driver who was hired from Effurun in Delta State to PortHarcourt, only to be taken to Abel Jumbo street in Mile Two Diobu PortHarcourt, where two other members were already waiting.
Mr Omoni revealed that on arrival, the Bolt driver was attacked at gunpoint and dispossessed of his personal belongings, including withdrawing the sum of eighty seven thousand naira from his Bank Account.
The statement further said Mr Ogunshola was locked in a Toilet belonging to a new Generation Church on the same street.
He noted that in the course of Investigation, the police got some clues which led them to Gambia street in Diobu, where they had perfected plans to sell the said Car. However on sighting the Police, they abandoned the car and took to flight but the suspect; Nnali Osita was not lucky, as he was arrested, while others escaped.
Meanwhile, efforts have been intensified to ensure that the fleeing gang Members are arrested and their Operational weapons recovered.
The PPRO added that Commissioner of Police, Mr Eboka Friday has vowed to come hard on all miscreants in the State and hereby advised BOLT/UBER or any body in the Transportation business to be careful and shun all mouth watering offers; being the antics deployed by criminals to attack their victims.
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