A Week after Arrest, Notorious Phone Snatcher Bagged Three Years

A Week after Arrest, Notorious Phone Snatcher Bagged Three Years

Police Operatives serving in the Central Police Station (CPS) of Enugu State Command, on March 8, 2024, at about 7 p.m., arrested one Promise Happy ‘m’, aged 18, at Christ Chemist Roundabout, Enugu. He was arrested after snatching an Android phone from a passenger in a moving mini bus.

Investigation revealed that the suspect, who has been on the Police Criminal Watchlist for similar offences of stealing, is a native Ozonogogo in Agbor Local Government Area of Delta State, but resident at New Garriki Market, Awkunanaw, Enugu. He confessed to the crime, stating that he and gang members at large have been perpetrating the criminal act of phone-snatching since 2022, while the snatched blue-coloured Redmi Android phone was recovered from him.

Upon conclusion of investigation, the suspect was today, March 14, 2024, arraigned in the Enugu North Chief Magistrate Court of Enugu State, and sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment.

*DSP DANIEL NDUKWE, anipr*
Police Public Relations Officer,
Enugu State Command,
State Headquarters,
GRA, Enugu.
March 14, 2024.