Police nab pickpocket with 7 Stolen Phones, charms

The instruction of the commissioner of police, Lagos state command, Mr. Edgal Imohimi to officers of the command to be vigilant at public gathering of people this season has yielded result.

A suspected pickpocket has been arrested with 7 stolen mobile phones which allegedly belongs to people that attended the annual musical concert tagged ‘The Experience’.

The suspect, 19-years-old Lateef Nurudeen, was nabbed by men of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at around 12:45 a.m. at the "The Experience concert" that held at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.

Items discovered in his bag includes seven different mobiles phones, charms and purse. The purse contained identity card and ATM debit card belonging to one Chris Nkum Chinedu.

Police investigators have been able to identify four owners of the seven phones. The owners, who reported at the RRS headquarter in Alausa were: Ukwajiba Felix, Ekhorelen Ruth, Kpanou Estelle and Kemi Ahmed.

The mobile phone owners who have been looking for their mobile phones before leaving the venue of the concert said that they didn’t know when their phones was taken from their bags and pockets.