Police nab armed robbery suspects, recover guns, cartridges, tricycle

The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Police Command has said the command has arrested armed robbery suspects and recovered three locally made guns, live cartridges and a stolen tricycle in the state on Sunday.

A statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe said while on patrol, the operatives of Eagle-Net Special Squad sighted a tricycle with reg. no. RRU 773 QK conveying three male occupants, adding the policemen intercepted the occupants and subjected them to a search during which a bag containing rice was thoroughly searched, and three (3) locally made guns, one live cartridge, concealed in the bag of rice was recovered.

According to Edafe, two of the suspects took to their heels and escaped into the bush, abandoning the tricycle, and the rider named Ahmed Umaru “m” 26yrs of Ayingba LGA Kogi state. “The tricycle rider was arrested, and the exhibit recovered. Efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects are ongoing”.

The statement reads, “On the 12/03/2023 at about 0900hrs, operatives of Eagle-Net Special Squad, while on intensive Aberdeen system of patrol, sighted a tricycle with reg. no. RRU 773 QK conveying three male occupants. They were intercepted and subjected to a search during which a bag containing rice was thoroughly searched, and three (3) locally made guns, one live cartridge, concealed in the bag of rice was recovered.

“Two of the suspects took to their heels and escaped into the bush, abandoning the tricycle, and the rider named Ahmed Umaru “m” 26yrs of Ayingba LGA Kogi state. The tricycle rider was arrested, and the exhibit recovered. Efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects are ongoing”.