The suspects were paraded by the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Mike Ogbodu, at the state headquarters of the command on Tuesday...
The suspects are Muhammad Bello, Akinde Ayo and Moses Olayemi.
Ayo and Olayemi were alleged to be members of a car-snatching syndicate responsible for stealing different vehicles in Akure and its environs for the past few months before they were arrested by the men of the command.
The commissioner said, “Bello was arrested during a robbery operation on Benin-Ore-Ijebu Ode expressway where two of his 10-man gang were killed by the police while other members ran away.
“Some of the items recovered from the suspects are eight cars, two locally-made rifle cartridges and cutlasses, among other weapons.
Olayemi confessed to the crime while speaking with our correspondent. He said he had stolen no fewer than 11 cars since he began the operation early this year.
He explained that he used to sell a stolen car as cheap as between N80,000 and N140,000, adding that after the car had been stolen, they would change its number plate, and some parts of the vehicle before it would be sold to another person.
“We sell any jeep that we steal for N140,000, while we sell cars, whether new or old, for N80,000. When we steal cars, we will remove their number plates. We will also change some parts of the vehicle so that the owner would not identify it when he sees it,” he added.
He said other members of his gang had not been arrested as they had fled the town when they learnt he had been arrested.
The police boss said the command was on the trail of the fleeing members of the gang while the suspects would soon be charged to court.
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