Delta police arrest eight suspects, recover illegal firearms in crackdown

The Delta State Police Command has arrested 8 suspected criminals, including alleged equipped robbers, a suspected gunrunner and cultists, successful abstracted operations crossed the state.

The operations besides led to the betterment of 4 locally made firearms, 4 unrecorded cartridges, 1 expended cartridge, a dagger weapon and different exhibits.

According to a connection issued connected Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, the archetypal cognition was carried retired connected July 14, 2026, astatine astir 5:00 a.m, pursuing credible quality connected the activities of a suspected equipped robbery gang.

The constabulary said operatives, moving alongside members of the Civilian Anti-Cult group, tracked the suspects on the Asaba-Benin Expressway, starring to the apprehension of Stephen Danladi, 29, from Langtang Local Government Area of Plateau State, and Jude Christi...