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Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Mr. Olufemi Abaniwonda, has said in Abuja: “We have run criminals aground in the state. We arrested over 130 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists. We also rescued 20 victims and recovered 178 live cartridges along Bomadi-Tuomo Road.”
He was speaking at the Inspector General of Police [IGP] conference: “We recorded huge achievement in the fight against crime and criminality. Our mandate as given to us by IGP Olukayode Egbetokun is that Deltans must enjoy peace. Deltans can attest to the fact that in recent time, the state has become very hot for criminals. The command has imbibed community policing .
“Operatives from Bomadi Division with the support of Bomadi vigilantes arrested 62-year-old woman during stop and search and intercepted 178 live cartridges from Onitisha Main Market, Anambra State. Also, Police Divisional Ekpan arrested seven suspected kidnappers, all from the Ubeji community and rescued their victims.
“Police at Oleh arrested three suspected cult members of Eiye Confraternity. The Rapid Response Squad, along the Asaba-Benin Expressway, arrested a suspect and intercepted gun runner and recovered one fabricated Beretta pistol, one pump action shotgun, four live ammunition.
“Operatives arrested 20-year-old herbalist step brother in a shrine at Owa-Alidima, Ika North East LG and recovered bodies of two victims.
The CP -Special Assignment Team [SAT] arrested four suspected kidnappers and armed robbers in operation in a bush along Upper Agbarho and Ovivi-Ogor communities in Ughhelli North LG. The Special Anti—Kidnapping and Cybercrime Squad, through intelligence arrested two suspected kidnappers when they stormed their hideout at Agidase village in Ogwashi—Uku where they recovered a Toyota Matrix vehicle and a network jammer circuit device.
“Police Divisional headquarters, Ekpan, arrested two suspected notorious armed robbers in Ometan community building. Police Divisional headquarters, Ogwashi Uku, arrested three suspected armed robbers. Operatives of the Delta State Eagle Net Special Squad in a joint operation with the Nigeria Hunters Forest Security Service [NHFSS] arrested 10 suspects with a substantial quantity of illicit drugs.
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“Operatives of Rapid Respond Squad along DBS Road, Asaba. intercepted a suspect and recovered one English Beretta pistol , while the suspect and other gang syndicate involved in breaking people homes carted away their properties. The CP-Decoy Squad acting on credible information stormed a criminals’ hideout at Ubulu-OkitSiennai community and arrested three suspects.
“Police patrol team attached to Eagle-Net Special Squad, along Asaba-Ibusa Road, intercepted a Toyota sienna car Reg ASB 615 YF, arrested a suspect and recovered 75 rounds of live cartridges. The squad on visibility patrol with NFSS arrested two suspected of an ex–convicts involved in robbery and recovered stolen motorcycle.
“The Area Command, Ughelli, last year arrested suspected armed robbers at Niger Delta University, Oghara. The CP Decoy Squad arrested suspects terrorising Idumu –Ode Quarters of Umuolo,Onitcha–Ugbo community, Aniocha. The area command embarked on a raid of suspected criminals’ hideouts and arrested three suspects for drug peddling within Afisere-Ughelli town and recovered 355 bottles of CSC codeine, 57 rolls of 100mg tramadol capsules, 33rolls of 200mg Super Royal,7bank
woods, 550 sachets of Swinol capsules and 16 cups of Canadian liquid cannabis.
“The Area Command, Ughelli led a surveillance team along Effunrun-Sapele Road and arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered of two stolen vehicles. Meanwhile, the CP Special Assignment team arrested eight syndicate of robbers, fraudsters specialising in robbing and defrauding unsuspecting victims of their valuables. The victims were defrauded of over N23.5 million.
“DPO, B Division, Asaba, recovered a stolen Mercedes-Benz GLK, Reg NZM 10 AP, about to be sold at a dealer’s shop in Asaba. The suspect confessed to snatching, shooting the rightful owner vehicle at Abakpa , Enugu State.
The CP SAT busts the hideout of the hideout of suspected ritualists, internet fraudsters in Aniocha South LG. Also, DPO, Ogwashi–Uku , arrested two suspected armed robbers and a local vigilante group along Chelsea Street.”
