Imo: Police arrest armed robbery suspect, recover arms, stolen items

The Imo State Police Command has arrested an equipped robbery suspect, identified arsenic Chigaemezu Aguguom, and recovered stolen items from him.

The suspect, according to the Command’s spokesperson Henry Okoye, was arrested by the operatives of Orji Police Division successful synergy with the Anti-Narcotics Unit, pursuing credible information.

‎Okoye stated that the operatives connected regular patrol led by the DPO, Orji Division, arrested the suspect, a autochthonal of Umuneke, Isiala Mbano LGA of the state, astatine Bishop’s Court axis adjacent Pacific Hotel, Owerri, with gunshot wounds suspected to beryllium sustained during a failed transgression operation.
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He added that ‎during interrogation, the fishy confessed to being a subordinate of a 5 antheral equipped robbery pack operating wrong the Bishop’s Court axis.

Okoye further disclosed that the fishy provided utile accusation aiding efforts to apprehend different fleeing members of the syndicate.
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‎Exhibits recovered from him see 2 locally fabricated firearms with 5 unrecorded cartridges, 4 smartphones, a wristwatch, and different valuables suspected to person been stolen from victims.
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‎Consequently, the fishy and the exhibits person been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Owerri, for discreet probe and imaginable prosecution.
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“‎Following the development, the Commissioner of Police, ...