Police raid hotel, arrest four cultists, recover stolen car in Delta

Four suspected cultists and armed robbers have been arrested in a hotel located in Issele Azagba in Aniocha North Local Government area of Delta State while two locally-made cut-to-size guns and four live cartridges were recovered from them.

The all-male suspects include 23-year-old Ogbuokwu Trust, Augustine Solomon 20, Edebatu Gideon and Kingsley Okolie 20 years.

A statement by the state police public relations officer, DSP Bright Edafe, on Tuesday said operatives of the state anti-cult unit had raided the hotel being their meeting point before carrying out their operations.

The statement added: “Intelligence further revealed that the syndicate monitors to know if the police are closing up on them and that whenever they suspect anything, they throw their guns from the window of the hotel and run away.”

The statement further said the Anti-Crime Patrol of Ogwashi-Uku Police Station while on routine stop and search duty along Kwale/Ogwashi-Uku expressway by Olloh-Ogwashi community on Monday intercepted a Toyota Camry car snatched in Otu-Jeremi community of Ughelli South council area of the state.

The driver of the car with registration number EFR 939 TK, one Mkohol Iligh, a 57-year-old upon sighting the police team abandoned the vehicle and took to his heels but he was later arrested after a hot chase.

The suspect stated that one C.Y, a male who stays in Warri gave him the car to deliver to another person in Asaba.

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