POLICE STORM CRIMINAL HIDEOUT, NABS TWO ROBBERY SUSPECTS IN EKITI.
The Ekiti State police command said it arrested two suspects in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital in connection with the robbery and illicit drugs on 13 July 2022.
Reports indicate that the command stormed their hideout at the popular Atikankan area of the state capital to arrest the two suspects while others escaped following credible intelligence received.
The command recovered arms, ammunition and illicit drugs from the two suspects simply identified as Segun and Gbenga while others took to their heels and efforts are in top gear to arrest the fleeing suspects.
Items recovered from the suspects include; One(1) cut-to-size locally made single barrel gun, One(1) locally made pistol, Fifty-one (51) live cartridges, Thirty-two (32) suspected stolen underwear, Twenty (20) suspected stolen aluminium window frames, Eight(8) suspected stolen handsets, Some wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp, Some wraps of powdery substance suspected to be cocaine.
Subsequently, the suspects confessed to being armed robbers alongside those who are currently at large. They further disclosed that they hawk illicit drugs and also members of the supreme Eiye confraternity.
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