Nigeria, Aug. 23 -- The police in Enugu State, Nigeria's South-east, say they have arrested eight suspected armed robbers in multiple operations in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

Mr Ndukwe, a superintendent of police, said the operations began at about 11 a.m. on 8 August when police operatives of the Crack Tactical Squad arrested three male suspects.

The police spokesperson identified the arrested suspects as Chinenye Nwafor, 35, Chidera Ezeoha, 32, and Joseph Ekete, 41.

He said the arrest of the suspects followed a tip-off about an armed robbery operation in which a motorcycle and a Samsung phone were snatched from victims on 7 August at Amokpo-Nike, a communi...