Men of the Cross River State Police Command have arrested 19 suspects who specialize in robbing people in commercial vehicles.
The activities popularly referred to as ‘one chance’ is a menace that has long faced residents of Calabar.
Their modus operandi was posing as commercial motorists, according to the police, and robbing unsuspecting commuters who enter their vehicles of their money and other valuables.
NE gathered on Tuesday that four vehicles were also seized from the suspects.
The suspects included 11 men and eight women. They were from Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Abia, Anambra and Delta states.
The vehicles seized were a Volkswagen Vento, a Volkswagen Golf, a Volkswagen Wagon and a Mazda 626 sports car with registration numbers FGG463ME (Anambra), NKE965AA (Ebonyi), FGG451ME (Anambra) and BR151AGL (Lagos) respectively.
Parading the suspects at the State Police Quarters, Diamond Hill, Calabar, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation, Mr. Ganiyu Salami, said they were arrested in two different hotels in Calabar following tip off.
He said, “We got them through sustained intelligence monitoring. We gathered that they had come into town and we were able to get them after their operation in two hotels in Calabar.”
Salami said bundles of papers neatly cut to the size of naira notes which the suspects used in their operations were recovered at the hotels.
He explained that the neatly cut papers were used in most times to replace the money they steal, while the unsuspecting victims would believe they still had their money intact on them.
Salami said the suspects, who confessed to the crime, divide themselves into four groups and carry out their operation in various parts of the town.
He said they lived outside Calabar but only came in from time to time to carry out their operations, adding that they would be charged to court immediately.
The assistant police commissioner urged residents, especially those who have just withdrawn huge sums of money from the bank, to be wary of the vehicles they enter.
He also warned residents from entering vehicles without registration numbers. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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