The Nigeria Police Force has intercepted truck carrying engine oil worth N15.8 million allegedly stolen by suspected armed robbers.
Mr Jaiyeoba Joseph, tThe Spokesman for the Police Command in Lagos State, who confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday, said that two of the nine suspected robbers had been arrested along with four receivers of the goods.
According to the Joseph, the goods, which belong to Con Oil Plc, were recovered in Kano State at the weekend by operatives of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), led by Mr Abba Kyari.
He said that the truck was hijacked on its way to Kwara State by the suspects around Ojuelegba and moved to Mushin both in Lagos, where the goods were transferred into another truck belonging to the first receiver.
Joseph said that the goods were later transported to Kano, while the hijacked truck was dumped at Iyana Ipaja.
?The police spokesman explained that the fourth receiver of the goods, based in Kano, bought the goods at N10 million.
He said that the suspected robbers had perfected a fake way bill which they used in convincing the receiver in Kano about the genuineness of the goods.
He said that the SARS was still searching for the remaining seven members of the suspected armed robbers.
Meanwhile, Joseph said that the command is investigating a case of 55 stolen vehicles recovered by the SARS.
According to him, the vehicles were all stolen in Lagos but were traced to Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja.
He said that three suspected armed robbers had been arrested in connection with the case.
The vehicles, he said included Toyota Corolla, Toyota Matrix, Toyota Camry, Toyota Spider and Honda Accord models.
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