The Delta State Police Command has harvested a cache of arms from criminal hideouts in Delta State during a sting operation.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bright Edafe, a Chief Superintendent of Police, in a statement on Tuesday, said the weapons were recovered from Ekpan and Warri in Uvwie and Warri South local government areas of the state.
“Sequel to the numerous complaints from residents of Ekpan and environs on the antecedents of kidnappers and armed robbers in Ekpan, Warri, and environs, the Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Wale Abass psc, ordered the deployment of CSP Aliyu Shaba to Ekpan Police Station with a clear mandate to sanitize the area and ensure that Ekpan and environs are safe for all resident.
“Consequently, the newly posted DPO, acting on credible intelligence gathered on the hideout of suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, and the location of their weapons, on 03/07/2023 at about 1600hrs, led a combined team of policemen attached to Ekpan Division and military personnel of 3 Battalion Nigerian army Effurun, on a sting operation and raided their hideout at Agadaga Avenue, off Jakpa road, Ekpan, where a thorough search was conducted at an uncompleted building.
“One (1) AK-47 Rifle with five (5) magazines loaded with One Hundred and Sixty-one (161) rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, one (1) Assault Rifle with two magazines loaded with fifty-nine (59) rounds of 5.56mm ammunition, two English pump-action guns, One Hundred and Ten (110) rounds of live cartridges, one (1) Double Barrel gun, one Single Barrel gun, one toy gun, cutlasses, and a bunch of charms wrapped in a cap were retrieved.
“A frantic effort to arrest the criminal syndicate is ongoing,” Edafe disclosed.
He quoted CP Abass as pleading with members of the public, especially those living in the area to make available to the police any useful information that will aid crime-fighting.
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