Serial Phone Snatcher Sent To Prison In Enugu

By Adadareporters

One Master Promise Happy, a serial phone snatcher, has bagged three years’ imprisonment after being convicted for telephone snatching.

He was found guilty on Thursday, March 14, 2024, by the Enugu North Chief Magistrate’s Court of Enugu State.

The state police command stated that the convict, a native of Ozonogogo in Agbor Local Government Area of Delta State, but resident at New Garriki Market, Awkunanaw, Enugu, was apprehended by police operatives serving at the Central Police Station (CPS) of Enugu State Command on March 8, 2024, at about 7pm.

According to the state police public relations officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the convict was arrested at Christ Chemist Roundabout, Enugu, shortly after snatching an Android phone from a passenger in a moving mini bus, according to Enugu State Police Command.

In his words, “The suspect has been on the police criminal watchlist for similar offences of stealing. He confessed to the crime, stating that he and his gang members at large had been perpetrating the criminal act of phone-snatching since 2022.”