Eight suspected criminals who were arrested on February 24, 2015, from various quarters in Douala are being interrogated at the Judicial Police headquarters.

They have been charged with arm possession, aggravated theft, and forgery. The grilling follows evidence of weapons from three of the eight alleged criminals. They are believed to constitute a notorious gang that reportedly wrecked several structures and private individuals in metropolitan Douala.

The operation to arrest the suspects took place in the early hours of February 24 at Nkolmbong, New Bell, Akwa, Ndokoti, “Village” and Ndogbong. At the time of arrest, they had in their possession, two automatic pistols and three vehicles purportedly stolen or hijacked.

Ring leader Abah Aboubakar, who bears two aliases, “Aminou” and “Cerveau”, authorized his cohort Tamboura S., Abdal R. O., Markus D., Mamadou A.G., S. Abah, James S., and Aime Magloire, to produce fake car registration certificates which have been seized by the police and placed in custody in Bonanjo, where they are being interrogated.

The story goes that on the night of Saturday breaking Sunday February 22, three armed bandits attacked a certain Joseph T. T. in Ndogbong and carted away with his Toyota Auris car, a sum of FCFA 100,000, and three mobile phones.

The victim made a complaint at the 1st District Public Security Police Station in Bonanjo. Following a tipoff, a 15-man security team, made up of elements of the 1st District Public Security Police Station and those of the Judicial Police were deployed to Nkolmbong at the Nyalla quarter, where they nabbed Tamboura of Malian nationality, night watch of a garage and found in the garage the Toyota Auris belonging to the victim. Two other luxurious Toyota cars of doubtful origins were also seized.

Further investigations led to the arrest of gang leader, Abah, at his hideout at Nkolmbong where two automatic pistols, three daggers, electronic appliances, one of the mobile phones of the victim and amulets were found.

This preliminary investigation permitted the policemen to apprehend the entire gang specialised in the theft of cars. The gangsters confessed that they convey the stolen cars to their boss in Ngaoundere.