Crime
Church worker arrested for stealing members phones
A church worker who specialises in stealing visitors’ phones, bags and other valuables in the church was arrested by the police in a popular camp in Ogun State on Monday morning.
The culprit, identified as Wale David, 24, was said to have been arrested by men of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
It was further gathered that David was hired by the church to help clean up its premises after a special church service.
According to him, while cleaning up, he saw a bag, picked the phone inside, an i-tel android.
Immediately he collected the phone, he travelled the same day to sell it to his friend.
National Daily further gathered that with the help of the RRS, detectives traced the phone to his friend, who in turn assisted the police in his arrest on Monday morning.
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