DELTA POLICE NEUTRALIZE ONE KIDNAPPER, RECOVER FIREARMS
Delta State Police Command operatives of the Dragon Patrol, while on stop-and-search duty along Asaba-Kwale Road on July 28, 2024, intercepted a Sienna vehicle with registration number BDG 385 EC. Upon sighting the police, the driver fled into the bush and escaped.
A search of the car revealed two AK-47 rifles, three magazines, and fifty-eight rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
Similarly, acting on credible information, the CP's Special Team, led by ASP Julius Robinson, was deployed to Ughelli North LGA on July 25, 2024. They stormed Oviri-Ogor Forest in search of a suspected kidnapper. During the operation, a gunfight ensued between the gang of kidnappers and the police operatives, during which one suspect sustained serious gunshot injuries. The injured suspect later died in the hospital while receiving treatment. Two pump-action guns and sixteen rounds of live cartridges were recovered.
On July 26, 2024, at about 0130 hours, DPO Ekpan CSP Aliyu Shaba, acting on intelligence, stormed Kano Road, off DSC, and arrested Akeni College. A search of his house revealed one Beretta pistol, two revolver pistols, six locally made guns, and cartridges.
On July 25, 2024, while operatives of the Command’s Rapid Response Squad were on stop-and-search duty around Koka in Asaba, they sighted a young man with a bag pretending to be waiting for a vehicle. Upon approaching him, the suspect abandoned the bag and escaped. A search of the bag revealed one AK-47 rifle and twenty-nine rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. A manhunt for the fleeing suspect is ongoing.
Also on July 25, 2024, at about 1830 hours, operatives of the Command’s Rapid Response Squad, while on stop-and-search duty along Kwale Road, intercepted a Lexus 350 SUV. A search of the vehicle revealed two brand new pump-action guns. Four suspects, namely Savage Roland, 26, from Afisere, Ughelli North LGA, Delta State; Clever Imonukore, 29; Isaac Umukoro, 49; and Louis Opone, 40, were arrested. An investigation is ongoing.
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