{"id":129413,"date":"2024-08-31T12:21:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T11:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-nab-three-suspected-phone-snatchers-in-jos"},"modified":"2024-08-31T13:25:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T12:25:25","slug":"police-nab-three-suspected-phone-snatchers-in-jos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-three-suspected-phone-snatchers-in-jos","title":{"rendered":"Police nab three suspected phone snatchers in Jos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested and detained three suspected phone snatchers operating within Jos and its environs.<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s spokesman, Mr Alfred Alabo disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Jos.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the suspects were apprehended while attempting to snatch the mobile phone of an unsuspecting resident around the Rantya community of Jos South Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Alabo explained that the suspects, who operate using tricycles, would usually lure their victims to join the tricycles by posing as commercial riders and then rob them of their belongings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dOn Aug. 29, at about 2:00 p.m., three suspects were arrested at Rantya roundabout while attempting to make away with the mobile phone of some innocent victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dUpon interrogation, the suspects all confessed to being members of a syndicate which specialises in snatching people\u2019s belongings around the Rantya axis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThey also revealed that they usually hypnotise innocent citizens and rob them of their belongings, especially mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe suspects further revealed that they lure their victims into boarding their tricycle posing as commercial riders and later steal the targeted property without a trace,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>According to him, exhibits recovered from the suspects included an Android phone and a tricycle with registration number PT 17437.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested and detained three suspected phone snatchers operating within Jos and its environs. The command\u2019s spokesman, Mr Alfred Alabo disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Jos. 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