Police in Enugu have arrested a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons Collins Ugwu on suspicion of armed theft.
The personnel of the Nigeria Prisons Service, based on studies, was apprehended in Enugu on 26 June.
He was nabbed alongside one Ifeanyi Ozor and Smart Osetu.
Commissioner of Police within the Southeast state Mohammed Danmallam alleged that, aside from armed theft, the prisons officer and his gang have been additionally concerned in conspiracy, malicious injury, stealing and ”acquiring by methods.”
The police boss additional mentioned the gang hung across the premises of business banks to watch those that had come to withdraw money.
“The suspects [Ugwu, Ozor and Osetu] belonged to a syndicate that specialised in monitoring anyone that had gone to the bank to make withdrawals and trailed them to a point where they could smartly force the door or the windscreen [of the victims’ cars] open with their instrument and steal the said amount,” the police commissioner mentioned.
“They have been additionally an a part of a syndicate that purchased items from merchants and generated pretend fee alert to the homeowners of the products with out him understanding.
“They were nabbed along Ogui Road, Enugu, by the operatives of the Enugu State Police Command on June 26, 2018, following intelligence information gathered concerning their nefarious activities.”