The Ogun State Police Command revealed that three suspected car snatchers were apprehended in the Oke Itoku area of Abeokuta, the state capital.
The suspects are three male adults, according to a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
“Three suspected car snatchers, Moses Adewale Abiodun, Seyi Oyenekan, and Monsuru Majekodunmi were on the 9th of November 2022 arrested by operatives of Ogun state Police Command,” he said.
The suspects were said to have been apprehended in response to a report lodged at Oke Itoku Police Divisional headquarters by one Olusesi Akingbile, who reported that while he was parked his Toyota Carina E car with registration number AAB 576 TF in his house at Ijemo on the 12th of October 2022, the said car was stolen by unknown thieves and efforts to locate the vehicle proved futile.
According to him, following the report, a message was sent to all police formations in the state to be on the lookout for the aforementioned car.
The stolen car was discovered by police officers from Kemta Division while on routine patrol on November 9, 2022, in a Mechanic Village along Ajebo Road.
“The car was quickly intercepted, and Moses Adewale Abiodun who was with the car was promptly apprehended as a preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect has two others who are members of his gang,” the spokesman added.
“The other two were traced and arrested while another blue Carina E car with registration number AAA 565 GJ suspected to have been stolen was recovered from them”
Lanre Bankole, the state Commissioner of Police, has ordered that the suspects be thoroughly investigated and charged in court as soon as possible.
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