Delta: Police arrest one chance suspected armed robbers with firearms

The Delta State Police Command has arrested 4 suspected equipped robbers and recovered 2 firearms during coordinated patrol operations wrong the state.

The arrests were made done abstracted operations carried retired by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and the Crack Squad.

Operatives of the RRS, connected April 23 astatine astir 4:25 p.m., portion connected regular stop-and-search work on Ugbolu/Asaba Road, intercepted a 28-year-old fishy identified arsenic Chinoso Igwemma.

Police said the suspect’s suspicious behaviour prompted a search, during which 1 fabricated Beretta pistol was recovered from him.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta Command, the fishy is presently successful custody and undergoing investigation.

In a akin development, operatives of the Crack Squad, portion connected regular patrol successful the Bonsaac country of Asaba, intercepted a tricycle carrying 3 antheral occupants.

The suspects were identified arsenic Umuadi Benjamin Chinecherem, 30; Nwabueze Kelvin, 28; and Okonkwo Celestine, 30.

“A thorough hunt conducted connected the trio led to the betterment of 1 locally made cut-to-size pistol loaded with 1 unrecorded cartridge.”

According to the police, interrogation revealed that the suspects are allegedly linked to transgression activities involving the dispossession of guiltless citizens of their belongings.

The constabulary ...