3 ‘notorious tricycle pickpockets’ arrested for trying to rob policeman

An alleged notorious pickpocket known as Ndubuisi Nsuka, has been arrested alongside two of his other partners in crime, Saheed Shittu and Usman Abubakarwho.

Nsuka allegedly specialised in using tricycle to rob commuters of their valuables. He was arrested while allegedly attempting to steal from a policeman by the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos.

The trio allegedly pretended to be passengers and stole from their victims.

The Deputy Police spokesperson, DSP Dayo Ojekunle, said the suspects would be arraigned at the end of investigations.

He said, “One of our officers, who was coming to the office on Tuesday, boarded their tricycle. He was about to enter the tricycle when some people cautioned him. They told him that the men were notorious for stealing money and phones from passengers. He, however, boarded the tricycle.

“When they wanted to steal from him, he did not struggle with them and he did not reveal his identity because he was in mufti.

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“After about five minutes ride, the tricycle approached the Zone 2 command headquaters. He stopped them and asked some officers at the command to arrest them. The rider of the tricycle escaped, but the other two were arrested.

“During interrogation, they initially pretended that they did not know each other. We, however, discovered that both of them had phones. We dialled the number of one of them on the other person’s phone and it brought out his accomplice name. We later found a smart phone, earlier stolen that day, in the boxer shorts of one of them.”