Police in Nasarawa said it arrested a wanted car snatcher and recovered a stolen car, locally fabricated riffle, and other arms.

Nasarawa State command spokesperson DSP Ranham Nansel made this known in a press release in Lafia on Sunday.

“Police operatives attached to Mararaba ‘A’ Division have arrested the trio of Salim Hussaini 22yrs, Abdulkadir Musa 20yrs, and Dimas Danja 24yrs all males of Yelwa road, Aso Pada, Karu local government, where one locally fabricated riffle, a knife, and criminal charms were recovered from the suspects as exhibits,” Nansel said.

“They have confessed to belonging to gang of armed robbers terrorising Mararaba and it’s environs.”

According to the Police, preliminary investigation the suspects stormed a residential building on Yelwa village road, Aso Pada, to carry out their nefarious activity but met stiff resistance and fled but was subsequently arrested.

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Similarly, the Police detectives attached to New Karu arrested one Mohammed Aliyu Abubakar of Mabushi, FCT Abuja, and three others in possession of a blue Toyota Camry with registration number RBC 980 DA suspected to be stolen, who were in search of a buyer.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has called on the owner of the stolen vehicle to visit New Karu Area Command with proof of ownership to claim the recovered vehicle.