Five persons suspected to be notorious car snatchers within Benin City and environs have been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command.
The suspects, Alao Samson, Christopher Obanugo, Okwuchukwu Ntagu, Dickson Ogiemwonyi and a spray painter, Godwin Atanu were arrested on March 8, after they snatched five cars from different individuals.
Police said a Lexus RX 300 was sold by the gang for N120, 000 and a new Lexus jeep for N500, 000.
Two of the recently stolen cars, a Ford Focus and Toyota Matrix were sprayed to another colour.
Samson, who hails from Osun State said he usually disguised as a mechanic and whenever he was called to fix a vehicle, he would made away with the cars after the owner submitted their car keys.
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