Men of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly stealing 26 water tanks at Amube-Ohum in the Orba community, in the Udenu Local Government Area of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported on Monday that the suspects, Chiegeonu Eze, 22, and Obinna Ezeugwu, 23, were arrested on April 23.

NAN quoted the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, as disclosing this on Monday.

Ndukwe said the suspects, who specialised in stealing water tanks from construction sites in the community, were arrested while attempting to steal two tanks from a site.

“The two tanks and seven other tanks were recovered from them, while their confessional statements led to further recovery of 17 other tanks from one of their receivers,” he said.

Ndukwe added that the owners of the tanks had been identified, while the suspects would be charged in court