Police seize weapons from alleged criminals causing terror in Delta communities.
The Delta State Police Command announced on Monday that it had apprehended individuals believed to be troublemakers responsible for chaos in the Warri area and its nearby regions.
Weapons were also successfully recovered during the operation.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, shared this significant development on their X, formerly known as Twitter handle.
DSP Bright Edafe explained that the arrests were made based on credible intelligence gathered about the activities of certain criminal groups. These suspects had been causing disturbances within the areas of Warri, Udu, Koko, and the surrounding localities.
He further disclosed that the Surveillance Team, led by the DPO of Ekpan Division, CSP Aliyu Shaba, diligently pursued and tracked down these hooligans to their concealed location at Aladja Grammar School in Aladja Town, Udu Local Government. It was at this hideout that the suspects were apprehended.
He, however, said “upon sighting the police, the hoodlums took to their heels; a search was conducted immediately around the uncompleted building and a sack bag was found.
“Upon searching the sack bag, the following items were recovered: one AK47 Rifle, one magazine loaded with seven rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, one English pump action gun with three live cartridges, and two cut-to-size double barrel gun.
“In a similar occurrence, on August 20, 2023 at approximately 1509hrs, the DPO Ekpan received a phone call from one Alhaji (name withheld) of Warri Sapele Road.
“It was revealed that some persons were sighted suspiciously within the yard. However, the civilian security/operatives in the yard flashed their torchlight on the suspected criminals, who immediately fled and abandoned a sack.
“Upon close look into the sack, two locally made single barrel guns, all detachable with 18 live cartridges. The DPO detailed the men of the division to the scene, where firearms and ammunition were recovered and registered as exhibits. Efforts are on to trace and identify the hoodlums still at large.”
