Security operatives arrest car snatchers in Zaria metropolis

Security operatives in Kaduna have arrested car snatchers and recovered vehicles they carted away in Zaria metropolis.Kaduna State police spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement, yesterday, said operatives attached to Zaria city Divisional Headquarters had, on November 23, 2023, at about 6:00 a.m., acted on a credible information and arrested at Agoro, Tudun Wada, Zaria, one 28-year-old Ismail Salisu of Hayin Baki, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, who was in possession of a stolen red Toyota Corolla with registration number Kano GWL 188 TT.

In a related development, operatives of Sabon Gari Zaria Division, on the same date, at about 6:30 a.m., arrested one Isa Adamu and recovered from his possession a grey coloured Toyota Corolla LE 2003 model .

According to Hassan, “the said suspect confessed to have stolen the vehicle in Kaduna town and brought it to Zaria to dispose of it. Isa Adamu is a dismissed soldier known notoriously for car snatching, theft, and other felonious vices in Benin, Kaduna and Zaria.”

He also explained that “based on reliable intel, the same operatives of Sabon Gari Zaria Division arrested one Emeka Nwobodo of Graceland Zaria, in possession of a stolen white Toyota Hilux pickup van with registration number Jigawa GML 40 AG”. He pointed out that “the arrested suspect claimed to have bought the said van from one Ibrahim with an unknown surname.”

However, the police spokesperson said: “The bonafide owner of the stolen van, Ibrahim Aliyu of Aliyu Mohammed road, Unguwan Kaduna, has since been traced. All these three cases are undergoing discreet investigation as the suspects’ accomplices are being trailed for a possible arrest. At the end, they will all be charged to court to face the full wrath of the law.

“The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, A.D Ali, while commending the operatives for the recorded success, charged them not to relent in denying criminal elements in the state any operating space.