The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has detained a suspected vandal and recovered a stolen telecommunications mast at Obong Sampson Idiong Drive in Uyo.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, said in a statement on Friday that the recovery was made on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at about 10:40 a.m.
“Based on actionable intelligence, operatives were dispatched to Obong Sampson Idiong Drive in Uyo, where a group of individuals were reportedly loading a recently vandalised telecom mast into a truck. Upon arrival, the suspects fled, abandoning a green Isuzu truck with registration number AFG 517 XA. Operatives pursued the fleeing individuals, leading to the arrest of one suspect, a 30-year-old male,” John said.
She added that the suspect was in custody and cooperating with investigators, while the truck and the recovered mast had been secured by police.
According to her, investigations are ongoing to establish the full details of the crime and efforts are underway to arrest other members of the syndicate.
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