Men of the Delta State Police Command have paraded three armed robbers recently arrested at different spots in the state.
The State Police Public Relations (PPRO), SP. Edafe Bright, who revealed this said that a robber identified as gift Newworld, who stole a pumping machine from a house within the neigbourhood of Ekpan community escaped.
The police alongside members of the community conducted a manhunt for him and was eventually in the Ekpan community.
Bright said, “After a painstaking interrogation and investigation, the suspect led the police to his hideout in Ekpan where the pumping machine. one locally made cut-to-size double barrel gun, and three live cartridges were recovered. Further investigation led to the arrest of his gang member Izobo Okwe of Ekpan who later confessed to being the owner of the gun and a member of the gang.”
Bright also stated that operatives from B’ Division Asaba while performing stop and search duty along Benin-Asaba Expressway acting on a tip-off intercepted a diesel truck with registration NO: ENU 564 ZU, loaded with 840 crates of life Lager Beer, the truck was driven on Wednesday, May15, 2024, by Collins Ogbodo Ude, a driver with Lumie Haulage Breweries Company, Enugu.
She said, “he truck was stolen from where parked at Umuasea Bus Stop in Udi Local Government Area Enugu State. With the aid of technically driven intelligence, the truck was located in Delta State and intercepted by operatives of the ‘B’ division. One male suspect Emeka Okorie aged 32 from Imo state was arrested while two other suspects escaped. Upon search of the truck, one cut-to-size locally made double barrel pistol and four live cartridges were recovered. Efforts to arrest the fleeing suspect are ongoing.”
She added that all the arrested suspects are in custody and investigation is ongoing.
