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Police arrest 18-year-old suspected armed robber in Anambra

Anambra State Police Command said on Wednesday they had arrested an 18-year-old suspected cultist and armed robber, Mr Anichede Akachukwu.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement, posited that Akachukwu was arrested on May 17th, 2024, because he was “a notorious and most wanted cultist and armed robber in Uruagu village, Oba, Idemili South LGA.”

“The suspect, Anichede Akachukwu ‘M’, 18 years old, A.K.A. Star B, is a confessed leader of the Vikings Secret Cult Confraternity and Armed Gang terrorising Ogbaru LGA and Asaba in Delta State. His arrest is following a tip-off of intelligence gathered as he was receiving treatment in their den from a bullet wound sustained in their encounter with police operatives in Asaba.

“The suspects have provided the police with information on their mode of operation and the names of other gang members, which is already aiding the ongoing investigation. Also, police on May 20, 2024, in Okija, Ihiala, recovered a white Porsche Cayenne Jeep with reg number AGL 60 HJ Lagos suspected to be an operational vehicle of the successions operating in Ihiala.

“During a search of the vehicle, the operatives found a bag and discovered seven pieces of live 7.62 mm ammunition, three live cartridges, one-touch lights, charms, and other incriminating items.

“The commissioner of Nnaghe Obono Itam has charged the operatives to sustain the tempo and direct continuous onslaught operations aimed at weeding out all the criminal elements and reducing crime to the barest minimum in the state,” he stated.

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