Robbers posing as Policemen arrested in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police Command has said that some members of a notorious robbery gang have been arrested.

The command’s spokesman, Rahman Nansel said operatives attached to Masaka Division, acted on a piece of credible information and smashed the syndicate that operates between AYA Junction Abuja and Keffi, Nasarawa State.

A car, fake police warrant cards, two counterfeit Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) identification cards, one teargas canister, handcuffs, Walkie-Talkie, blank motorcycle receipts booklets, and charms were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.

The statement read;

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects pose as police officers, hire commercial motorcycle riders whose motorcycles look new to a location where one of the syndicate members poses as an Assistant Superintendent of Police, dispossess the rider of his motorcycle, and zoom off.

“The suspects confessed to have snatched over 30 motorcycles from commercial motorcycle riders via the same technique, produced fake receipts, and sell them off to unsuspecting members of the public.”