The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by its Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, who said the arrests followed intelligence-led operations by police operatives.
According to the statement, operatives attached to the Nkanu West Police Division, working with members of the neighbourhood watch, arrested a 30-year-old suspect, Ifeanyi Nweke John, on October 17, 2026, at about 11:30 a.m.
Nweke, a resident of Amakpu-Agbani in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, was arrested and a Kymstone motorcycle allegedly stolen from the area was recovered from him.
The police said the motorcycle’s owner had reported that it was stolen from where it was parked in Uwani Amakpu-Agbani on October 16.
The owner reportedly woke up at about 2 a.m. after hearing a noise and subsequently discovered that the motorcycle had been stolen.
The statement added that the suspect confessed to the crime.
In a separate operation, operatives of the Distress Response Squad (DRS) arrested a 28-year-old man, Nwaugwuru Nnabuike, along Enugu–Abakaliki Road on October 16 at about 5:30 a.m.
Nnabuike, who hails from Ominyi Village in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was arrested during a patrol after the police received security information alleging that a blue tricycle in his possession had been stolen from where it was parked in Warri, Delta State.
The police said the suspect and the recovered tricycle would be handed over to the Delta State Police Command for further investigation and prosecution.
Similarly, operatives of the Emene Police Division arrested a 21-year-old suspect, Emmanuel Iboko, at the Onuogba-Nike axis of Enugu on October 14 at about 1:30 a.m.
Iboko was allegedly attempting to transport a stolen tricycle to Abakaliki when he was arrested.
The tricycle had reportedly been stolen from where it was parked in the Uwani area of Enugu on October 13.
The command said investigations into the three cases were ongoing, adding that the suspects would be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of investigations.
The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, reiterated the command’s commitment to combating crime and criminality in the state.
He urged residents to promptly report suspicious activities and provide credible information to the police to support crime prevention and the recovery of stolen property.
