Theft
26 Feb
Operatives of Enugu State Police Command serving in the Ogui Police Division have arrested one Nnamani Joseph, 45, for allegedly defrauding a businessman of 18 bags of rice valued at about N400,000.00.
20 Feb
The police in Lagos, yesterday, arraigned three men before an Ikeja Magistrate’s court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing 3,000 cartons of Maggi seasoning valued at N50 million.
10 Jan
Two men, Usman Garba and Yusuf Abubakar, who allegedly broke into a man’s house to steal cash and property worth 360,000 were arraigned on Wednesday in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court.
19 Dec
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old mechanic, Adedamola Oluwaseyi, at Ladipo, in the Mushin area of Lagos, while stripping and selling off a customer’s car parts
4 Dec
The Delta State Police Command has arrested one 36-year-old man, Patrick Emete of Ughoton community, and his 45 years associates, Alex Uwagbafor, for allegedly stealing musical instruments at a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, located in Orerokpe town, Delta State.
3 Nov
A 31-year-old man, Lukman Alao, on Friday appeared before a Magistrates’ court in Ibeju-lekki, Lagos State, for allegedly conspiring with others at large to steal property worth N1,118,542. The Police charged Alao on two counts bordering on conspiracy to wit felony and stealing. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Sup. Friday Ekundayo, told…
24 Oct
Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun, has arrested a couple for alleged involvement in a series of shop break-ins and thefts of goods worth millions of Naira in Akure, the state capital.
16 Oct 2023
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 28, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of Goni Muhammad and Seidu Seriki Hamani to seven years imprisonment, for offering fake gold belonging to former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan to their victims. They were arraigned on May 16, 2022,…
28 Aug 2023
Six security guards attached to a private security company have been detained in a police cell for allegedly stealing and attempting to sell church property
16 May 2023
A German court on Tuesday sentenced five members of a criminal gang to up to six years in prison for snatching priceless 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in what local media have dubbed the biggest art heist in modern history.
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