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Plateau: Police arrest suspected ‘one-chance’ syndicate

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Plateau State Command has arrested three suspects in connection to a case of phone snatching using tricycle, popularly called “Keke Napep” in their ‘One Chance’ operation.

The Command in a statement signed by its Police Public Relations, DSP Alfred Alabo pointed out that on Thursday at about 2pm the suspects identified as Umar Abu, Peter Ezekiel and Kelvin Monday, all male were arrested at Rantya roundabout of Jos South local government area of the state while attempting to make away with the mobile phone of one of their victims.

“Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed of being members of a one Chance syndicate which specialises in snatching people’s belongings around the Rantya axis and further revealed that the incidence was one of the many in which they have hypnotised innocent citizens and robbed them of their belongings, especially mobile phones”.

According to the statement, the suspects further revealed that they lured their victims into boarding their tricycle under the pretence of being commercial riders, after which they eventually pick the targeted property without being spotted, until Thursday when the dice did not roll in their favour.

Exhibits recovered from the suspects include; one Android phone and the tricycle with PT number: 17437.

However, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbemiga Emmanuel Adesin assured citizens of Plateau State that the Command under his watch, will continue to do everything within the ambits of its constitutional powers to ensure that all residents of Plateau State are safe.

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