Police arrest three women for allegedly stealing two children

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three women who were suspected to have stolen two children found in their possession.

The women were said to have been arrested at Nkpor Market/Tarzan Junction in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State last week Tuesday, Tribune Online gathered.

The children found in their possession were said to be two and four years old respectively, and the women were said to have been arrested after it was suspected that the children were not their own.

The PPRO of the State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed said, “on the 22/10/2019 at about 10:45 am, following intelligence report Police detectives attached to CMU Anambra State Command arrested three female suspects at Nkpor market/Tarzan junction in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State.

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“Suspects were arrested with two kids all males, whose ages range between 2 and 4 years respectively.

“They could neither give a satisfactory explanation about the children nor where they got them.”

Haruna said the case was under investigation, and that after a thorough investigation, the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.

He added that the Commissioner of Police, CP John Bassey Abang has consequently urged parents whose children were missing and fall within the age bracket of the recovered children to report at the State Command headquarters, Awka for proper identification and collection of their children.