Ebonyi State command operatives have arrested one Okoro Daniel Obumneme who allegedly stole a Black Prado jeep belonging to a customer who patronised a car wash in Abakaliki shopping mall that employed him.
This was contained in a press release issued and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki by the Police Spokesman in Ebonyi State, DSP Joshua Ukandu on Friday.
Ukandu said the suspect was traced to Mgbuka Obosi in Anambra state, where he intended to sell the vehicle, but it was recovered.
He further stated: "The operatives of the command also arrested the following suspects; Praise Chukwudi 'M' 30yrs, Chukwudi Victor Onuagba 'M' 27yrs, Solomon Friday Godwin 'M' 25yrs, and Chidiebere Chidozie 'M' 24yrs, who conspired and robbed a Mercedes 300 car from one Kenneth Aluma 'M' at Ndufu Alike Ikwo on gunpoint.
"They also robbed one Ogoh Chimaobi Solomon 'M' who operates a POS machine and made away with cash of six hundred and one thousand Naira (N601,000) and a Camon 19 Tecno phone.
"The suspects were arrested through painstaking intelligence gathering at Precious guest house Onicha in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State, where the vehicle and two locally-made guns were recovered from them. The suspects will be charged in court once the investigation into the matter is concluded."
The Police Mouthpiece said the Commissioner Of Police, Ebonyi State Command, CP Anthonia Adaku Uche-Anya, used this medium to assure the residents of the state that the command would leave no stone unturned in going after criminals who refused to desist from crime act.