Police arrest a man in a bar while celebrating his new 'stolen' vehicles with friends

A man who allegedly bought a stolen vehicle, changed the number and repainted it has been arrested at a bar while he was celebrating with friend for buying a car.

Read the report as shared by John Oloche Mathew. Last night ended very well with a successful recovery of this stolen vehicle.

In brief, the suspects in the pictures moved the vehicle on the 16th of this month somewhere around Garki area 3 Abuja from a parked location.

The client instructed his driver to park the vehicle at a hotel in Abuja after dropping him at the airport on his way out of the Country, The driver claimed the key was missing from his pocket and the car was stolen.

Last night we tracked the vehicle to Gudu garden where the suspect was having the fun of his life declaring drinks for a purchase of a new vehicle.

He had repainted the car from black to white and also changed registration. We waited for about 3hrs until he finally came out to pick his new vehicle then he was arrested. Now his confession: He bought the said vehicle for N500,000 only.