Police arrest 14 suspected car theft syndicate members in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested 14 suspected members of a car theft and robbery syndicate and recovered 17 stolen vehicles successful a bid of coordinated operations crossed Abuja.

The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed this connected Wednesday portion briefing journalists astatine the bid headquarters, stating that the arrests followed intensified intelligence-led operations conducted from March 2026 to date.

According to him, the operations were carried retired by constabulary divisions successful Mabushi, Durumi, Maitama, and the Central Police Station, targeting crimes specified arsenic conveyance theft, “one chance” robbery, and related offences.

Sanusi explained that the suspects were linked to aggregate transgression activities, including vehicles snatched astatine gunpoint, cars stolen from parking areas, and the usage of stolen vehicles for further transgression operations. He added that immoderate of the recovered vehicles had already been returned to their owners, portion others are pending identification.

The constabulary main besides revealed that operatives foiled a “one chance” robbery effort connected April 10 alo...