Ofemu Obus, age 23, and Henry Ekpu, age 28, were detained by members of the Delta State Police Command. They are accused of specializing in scamming unwitting POS operators by creating false alarms that they use to trick their victims and steal their money.
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The accused are in custody and an investigation is ongoing, according to DSP Bright Edafe, the state police command’s spokesperson, who verified their detention.
In a related development, officers from the state police command have detained two crooks who prey on unwary state citizens while riding tricycles before disposing of their iPhones.
The guys were detained, according to Edafe, during a stop and search operation conducted by the state’s Assistant Superintendent of Police-led Dragon patrol teams 29 and 26 along the Warri-Sapele route by the Okwuvo Okpe LGA.
He said that Reg. was riding a Daylong motorcycle. No. It was discovered that Delta UGH 353 VQ was carrying two male passengers. One (1) iPhone, One (1) Infinix phone, and One (1) Nokia torch phone were found during the police officers’ search of them.
The proprietors of the phones began phoning while the search was going on and claimed to be in Sapele and Oghara, respectively. The two suspects were eventually identified as Godsent Orogun (m), 25, of No. 18 Ovwiagba and John Francis (m), 26, of Uru-Ughelli Street Agbarho. While the investigation is ongoing, suspects are being held,” he said.