Yuletide: Delta police recover arms in sack, hunt suspects

The Delta Police Command said it has recovered arms and ammunition in Ekpan Community in the Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.

The spokesperson for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, stated this in a statement in Warri.

Edafe said the Divisional Police Officer, Ekpan Division, CSP Aliyu Shaba, received credible information about the activities of the hoodlums operating in Ekpan, Warri and environs.

He said the DPO led a surveillance team of the division on the trail of the suspects after receiving the information.

“The DPO swiftly responded to this Intel and trailed the hoodlums to their hideout behind NIGER-CAT.

“However, upon sighting the police, the hoodlums took to their heels, they were chased but to no avail,” he said, adding that an intensive search was conducted around an uncompleted building and in the process a certain sack was found.

He added that weapons were found inside the sack when it was searched.
“Exhibits recovered from the hoodlums include one AR rifle, two magazines, 75 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and one locally made cut-to-size gun.

“Others are four rounds of live cartridges; one Awka-made Beretta pistol and one round of 9mm ammunition,” he said.

The spokesperson said that efforts were ongoing to identify and apprehend the fleeing suspects.

He said that the ember months’ operational activities emplaced by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Wale Abass, were yielding results.

“This is a result of the crime-preventing strategy adopted by the CP to achieve a crime-free yuletide and beyond,” Edafe said.