Police arrest 4 suspected kidnappers, robbers, recover firearm in Anambra

Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said that on 16 July, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, in collaboration with detectives from the Ogbaru Divisional Police Station, foiled a suspected kidnap plot in Iyiowa, Odekpe, Atani in the Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA) of the state

“The team arrested three male suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate, and recovered a black Toyota Camry with tinted glasses and Lagos Registration number LND 789HR, believed to have been used by the gang for its operations.

“The suspects are Chekwube Chukwu, 32, Amarachukwu Nwobosi, 34 and Sopuluchukwu Ifeakor, 30,” he said.

He said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were intercepted while actively attempting to abduct a female Point of Sale (POS) operator at Atani in Ogbaru LGA in the morning.

The police spokesman said the victim raised an alarm, which drew the attention of some residents and prompted a swift police response to a distress call.

He said the police’s timely intervention frustrated the kidnap attempt, leading to the rescue of the victim and the subsequent arrest of the suspects.

He said further investigation linked the suspects to the earlier kidnapping of another female POS operator at Dominion Park, Head Bridge, Onitsha, on 3 June 2026.

He added that the suspects dispossessed the operator of two POS machines and Android phones, and compelled the family to pay N3.5 million ransom before she was released. (NAN)