The Police in Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area in Anambra State have busted a four man burglary gang that targets commercial shops across the State.
Acting on a tip-off received on Wednesday 30th August, 2023, the Police stormed the hideout of the gang and cordoned it off to prevent escape of any of the gang members.
Four suspects, all of them from Ebonyi State were arrested while the following items were recovered from them are; two ladies motorcycles, two big generators, one wheelbarrow, one deep freezer, three bags of rice and two large iron cutters.
ANN gathered that on Interrogation, suspects confessed to have broken into a store at Nanka in Orumba North LGA of Anambra State to steal the recovered items.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye who commended the newly posted DPO in Ogidi, CSP Uche Onyinaya, for hitting the ground running, having earlier arrested and recovered a Baretta Pistol from a cultist, asked the personnel not to relent in their pursuit of criminal elements.
Adeoye directed that investigation be extended to Nanka to locate owner of the store and Motor Licensing Office for records of owners of the motorcycles with a view to returning the recovered items to the rightful owners on bond while suspects are to be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is concluded.
