Police arrest three car snatchers in Imo

The Abia State Police Command has paraded the suspects who allegedly snatched an Mbano, Imo State-based priest, of his Honda CRV car marked CE 202 MMA.

The suspects were Chukwuma Egwim, 30; Chinedu Linus, 37; and Obinna Orji who police said “can unlock a car with tooth pick.”

While parading the suspects in Umuahia, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joshak Habila, said the priest had told his friend in Aba that the car was removed from where it was parked at Ihitte – Uboma council area of Imo State.

According to the police chief, the friend alerted the police who used a device installed in the car to track it.

The CP said that the tracking device indicated that the vehicle was s parked opposite a hotel along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Aba.

He said the suspects, he said, were arrested and the vehicle recovered.

In an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Egwim said Orji sold the car to him for N250, 000 and that he deposited N150, 000 leaving a balance of N100, 000.

He said he never knew it was a stolen vehicle. But Orji claimed innocence of the offence.