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Police recover guns, ammunition from fleeing suspects in Warri

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Delta State Police Command has recovered one (1) pump action gun, one (1) locally made long gun, three (3) locally made cut-to-size guns, and eighteen (18) rounds of live cartridges from fleeing criminal suspects in Warri on Thursday.

This was disclosed in a statement by its spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe which a copy was obtained by Congress newspaper.

According to the statement, ”
On the 17/11/2022 at about 2200hrs, Police operatives attached to Ebrumede Division while on stop and search duty along DSC express road Warri, sighted a tricycle with Reg. No. Delta EFR 175 VK conveying two occupants heading towards the Police checking point.

“The operatives flagged down the tricycle for a routine check. Surprisingly, the two occupants of the tricycle jump out and escaped from the scene abandoning the tricycle. Upon search of the tricycle, one (1) pump action gun, one (1) locally made long gun, three (3) locally made cut-to-size guns, and eighteen (18) rounds of live cartridges were recovered. Effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects.”

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