Police in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory have arrested three suspects of the ten man gang that invaded the old Gwarimpa road in Abuja on Saturday morning. and made away with valuables.
In a statement signed by the FCT Police Public Relations officer Josephine Adeh, the arrest followed a prompt distress call of criminal invasion and armed robbery, received by the FCT Police Command in the early house of Saturday.
The statement further said that Preliminary investigations indicate that hoodlums numbering about ten (10) invaded residences along the Old Gwarinpa road and robbed victims of their valuables including a Mercedes benz car.
It said the Police teams with the coordination of the Command Control Room activated the suveilance team from Maitama Division who intercepted the vehicles of the fleeing suspects at Amingo Wuse 2 area of the FCT.
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Three suspects, Shetima Abubakar, Yakubu Iliya and Haruna Amadu were arrested while the stolen Mercedes Benz GLK 350 and other valuables were recovered.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Babaji Sunday, while commending residents for the prompt information on the robbery, assured that crimes when detected would be promptly confronted.
The suspects are being interrogated and efforts intensified to arrest other members of the syndicate still at large. All the suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigations
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)