Police foil robbery attack, recover gun, ammunition from fleeing syndicate in Enugu

By Miracle Esegha

The Enugu State Police Command has recovered a gun and ammunition from fleeing armed robbery syndicate in the state.

The police command in a statement on Saturday through its spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said men from the Awkunanaw Police Division recovered the gun on May 29.

According to him, the operatives responded to a distress call of a robbery in a compound at Awkunanaw, Enugu, at 10.00p.m. and foiled the attack.

Ndukwe narrated that the police team recovered a locally fabricated double barrel gun with two live cartridges dropped by one of the fleeing robbers.

He maintained that the detectives from the Awkunanaw Police Division on May 30, at 7:30p.m., also arrested three suspects allegedly connected to theft of iron rails.

“Their arrests led to the recovery of yet-to-be quantified pieces of iron rails vandalised at the pedestrian crossing bridge at Holy Ghost/Ogbete Market, Enugu,” Ndukwe said.

He said that discreet investigation was ongoing to arrest other members of the gang, noting that the suspects would be prosecuted once investigations were concluded.

Ndukwe quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, as appreciating residents of the state whose information on activities of criminals made the arrests possible.

Uzuegbu tasked the residents to continue to support the police by promptly reporting suspected criminals and their activities to the police and other security agencies.

he police team recovered a locally fabricated double barrel gun with two live cartridges dropped by one of the fleeing robbers.