POLICE RAID KIDNAPPERS' HIDEOUT, RECOVER WEAPONS IN DELTA STATE
The operatives of Delta State Police Command with the synergy of military personnel of 3 battalions Nigerian army on 3rd July 2023 raided the hideout of kidnappers and armed rubbers at Agadaga Avenue off Jakpa road, Ekpan, Delta State.
Following the numerous complaints from residents of Ekpan and environs on the antecedents of kidnappers and armed robbers in Ekpan, Warri, and environs, the Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Wale Abass psc, ordered the deployment of CSP Aliyu Shaba to Ekpan Police Station with a clear mandate to sanitize the area and ensure that Ekpan and environs are safe for all resident.
Consequently, the newly posted DPO, acting on credible intelligence gathered on the hideout of suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, and the location of their weapons, then at about 1600hrs led a combined team of policemen attached to Ekpan division and military personnel of 3 battalions Nigerian army Ekpan, on a sting operation.
The security men raided their hideout where a thorough search was conducted at an uncompleted building.
Items recovered are one AK-47 Rifle with five magazines loaded with One Hundred and Sixty-one rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, one Assault Rifle with two magazines loaded with fifty-nine rounds of 5.56mm ammunition, two English pump-action guns, One Hundred and Ten rounds of live cartridges, one Double Barrel gun, one Single Barrel gun, one toy gun, cutlasses, and a bunch of charms wrapped in a cap were retrieved.
Meanwhile, a frantic effort to arrest the criminal syndicate is ongoing.
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