The police in Enugu State have arrested a gang of hoodlums said to specialise in hijacking fully loaded lorries and selling the goods before dismantling the vehicle and also selling the parts.
Information from the state police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu, identified the suspects as Nwabueze Ogbonna; Solomon Okafor; Igwenagu Ezenwa, Obiora Nebe and Fidelis Ozofor.
They are being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department where they are providing more information on the alleged crime.
The suspects, according to the police, made confessional statements, admitting to the crime.
The police said the suspects regretted their actions and revealed that they operate in Delta, Abia and Enugu states as well as any other place depending on where they can get their target.
They added that they hijack the slow-moving vehicles at gunpoint on hills and tie up the drivers and other passengers.
Thereafter they will move with the truck and the consignment to Kano State and sell off the goods and the parts.
One of the suspects, Solomon Okafor disclosed that he used be a lorry transporter.
He said he sold off his lorry as it was getting old and joined the business of hijacking of lorries parked at the expressway or finding it impossible to climb hills.