{"id":80517,"date":"2021-05-08T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80517"},"modified":"2021-05-08T17:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T16:14:18","slug":"police-nab-3-suspects-recover-firearms-ammunition-others-in-enugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/police-nab-3-suspects-recover-firearms-ammunition-others-in-enugu\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Nab 3 Suspects, Recover Firearms, Ammunition, Others In Enugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Operatives of the State Police Command in Enugu, have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in different crimes in the state in the last one week.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nA statement on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said the command recovered four firearms, 15 live and one expended cartridges, two stolen vehicles, 16 phones of different makes and some SIM cards.<\/p>\n<p>Also recovered are four power-banks, military wears, two daggers, some quantities of weeds suspected to be cannabis and other incriminating items.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesman said that the feat was achieved by operatives attached to Enugu Area Command, Awkunanaw and 9th Mile Police Divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Ndukwe said: \u201cOn May 6 at about 7.45 p.m., police operatives attached to Awkunanaw Police Division recovered one locally-made double-barrelled pistol with two live cartridges and a green-coloured Volkswagen Sharon vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe said Volkswagen vehicle was snatched from its driver on April 27 at 8.00 p.m. by a gang of armed robbers, who also robbed the passengers of their belongings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing on intelligence, the operatives trailed the gang to Amagunze in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state, where they were engaged in a gun duel by them.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHowever, criminals who could not withstand the superior firepower of the operatives, escaped into the bush, abandoning the vehicle and firearm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, intense discreet investigation to arrest and bring the culprits to book is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ndukwe further said that, \u201cOperatives attached to 9th Mile Police Division, on May 4 at about 8.41 p.m., arrested one suspect (name withheld).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the arrest was sequel to the receipt of an intelligence report linking the suspect to an armed robbery gang that snatched a Toyota Camry car from its owner on the same date\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">at about 8.00 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe armed robbers abandoned the vehicle and escaped, following intense pressure mounted by the operatives to apprehend them, leaving behind one cut-to-size locally-made revolver gun, two locally-made pistols with 13 live and one expended cartridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscreet investigation to arrest fleeing members of the gang has commenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn another development, operatives attached to Enugu Area Command, on May 3 at about 5.30 a.m., arrested two middle-aged suspects (names withheld),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the operatives recovered 16 mobile phones of different makes with some SIM cards, one stabiliser, four power-banks, Nigerian Army wears and insignias, all of which they could not account for and cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe operatives arrested the duo in a location popularly called South Africa, beside 82 Division Army Barracks\u2019 Mammy Market, Abakpa-Nike Enugu, following credible information received about their criminal activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ndukwe said that the suspects would be charged to court on the conclusion of their various investigations.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the State Police Command in Enugu, have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in different crimes in the state in the last one week. 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