Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command on have arrested at least five men over vandalism and theft at an International Company located at Agulu community in Anaocha in Local Government Area of the state, reports thegazellenews.com.
The Anambra State Police Command Public Relations, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the development through a statement issued on Thursday, 11 December, 2025, in Awka, the state capital, said the suspects were arrested in a follow-up investigation into a case of conspiracy and armed robbery.
According to Ikenga the arrest of the suspects was carried out during a coordinated operation in the evening of Monday, 8 December, 2025, by police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Awkuzu.
While explaining that the RRS were working with the police personnel from Neni Divisional Headquarters on a follow-up investigation into a case of conspiracy and armed robbery and they successfully arrested the five suspects, the state police image-maker disclosed that the operatives recovered one pump action, 10 live cartridges, and one black motorcycle from the suspects.
The state police publicist gave the ages of the suspects as: 18, 20, 22 and 23 years respectively.
Ikenga said that upon their arrest and subsequent interrogation, the suspects confessed to their involvement in the crime and named a major receiver of the stolen properties.
According to him further investigations were ongoing, adding efforts are underway to apprehend other fleeing suspects and to recover the stolen and vandalised items.
