Rivers Police arrest car snatching suspect caught on CCTV

By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT — Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command person arrested a fishy progressive successful a car snatching incidental that occurred connected Tuesday nighttime successful Port Harcourt.

The incident, which took spot successful the Alakahia–Choba country of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, was captured connected Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) and aboriginal circulated crossed societal media platforms.

Confirming the improvement successful a connection connected Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the apprehension followed swift and coordinated enactment by the Command.

According to her, the suspect, identified arsenic Iruo Young, aged 42, was apprehended astatine his hideout successful the Ikoku country of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area aft intelligence-led operations.

“The Rivers State Police Command has made different singular accomplishment successful a swift cognition and probe into the viral video circulating connected societal media, depicting an equipped robbery incidental astatine Choba country of Port Harcourt connected October 15, 2025,” the connection work successful part.

“The incident, which occurred astir 3:00 p.m., progressive the snatching of a Toyota Avalon car astatine gunpoint. Through intelligence-led policing and method support, operatives successfully arrested 1 of the suspects, identified arsenic Iruo Young, 42, astatine his hideout successful Ikoku.”

Iringe-Koko further disclosed that the fishy voluntarily confessed to the transgression during interrogation and provided utile accusation astir his relation and that of his accomplices.

She added that the fishy is presently successful custody, portion efforts are ongoing to way down the different fleeing pack members, retrieve the stolen vehicle, and retrieve the firearms utilized successful the operation.

The station Rivers Police apprehension car snatching fishy caught connected CCTV appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.