Vandalism: Police apprehend 4 suspects, recover stolen items in A’Ibom

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has arrested four suspected vandals during a raid of scrap dump sites in the State.

This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, in Uyo on Friday.

John said the suspects were apprehended on July 15, following intelligence led raid of two scrap dump sites in Uyo.

She said that during the raid, significant quantity of suspected stolen government and public property were recovered.

“The operation commenced at approximately 4:45pm on July 15, and one suspect apprehended during a separate raid, provided information leading operatives to the locations where stolen items were being sold.

“Acting on this intelligence, at about 9:00pm same day, operatives of the Command raided the two scrap dumps.

“During the raids, three additional suspects were arrested,” John said.

The police spokesperson said pieces of generator sets, suspected vandalised government aluminum electric cables, roofing sheets and burnt copper electric wires were recovered from the suspects.

Other items recovered include: a brand new set of assorted sizes of spanners, approximately half a bag of 5 inch nails, an empty 5kg gas cylinder, galvanised pipes and angle bars.

John said that the investigation was ongoing and suspects would be charged to Court as soon as the investigation is concluded.