The Managing Director of Ocha Brigade, Celestine Anere, who spoke to journalists while parading the suspects on Friday, said the suspects were arrested on Thursday across various locations in Onitsha.

Anere said they used the fake army uniforms to commit various crimes including robbery, harassment of innocent residents and forcefully extorting money from motorists and passers-by in the area.

He also disclosed that some of the suspects have confessed to the crime of stealing and snatching phones and valuables from commuters and innocent residents.

He explained that some of them have admitted to using hard drugs and gathering intelligence for their criminal counterparts.

He said, “Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, Ocha Brigade, has previously arrested and prosecuted some of the hoodlums in similar cases and will continue to sanitise the state from criminals and drug syndicates.