The Anambra State government through Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade has paraded six suspects for drug trafficking, phone snatching, cable vandalism and other related crimes.
The suspects were arrested in different locations during raids in Awka and Bridge Head Onitsha.
The raid was carried out by the joint enforcement team of OCHA Brigade and Anambra state Vigilante Service who were on a twenty-four hours surveillance in critical flashpoints in the State.
Addressing the press during the parade, the Public Relations Officer of the agency, Mr. Anthony Agbafune, revealed that the suspects are members of different gangs who specialize in vandalizing electrical cables across the state and supply to dealers and pointed out that the law is not respecter of anyone and advised youths to stay away from bad friends.
He promised that prosecution of the suspects will commence immediately to serve as a deterrent to others.
The suspect accused of illicit drugs trafficking and phone snatching blamed unemployment as the reason for venturing into the criminal activities and revealed that his boss who is closely related to highly placed security personnel promised him protection from arrest.
Another suspect, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed from Bauchi state said he is not involved in cable vandalism but only escorts his best friend to make the sales in Onitsha who in turn pays him between two thousand and two thousand, five hundred naira depending on the proceeds from the sales of the cable.
Other suspects for cable vandalism including Ikechukwu Ani from Enugu State, Kabiru Bala from Kogi State and Musa Umaru from Jigawa State pleaded innocence to the allegations leveled against them, insisting that the real suspects are either their friends or business partners to the cable buyers in Onitsha and asked for proper investigation into the case.
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