The Anambra State Police Command recently conducted a successful raid on a criminal hideout located in Umudike, Amaokpala, in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.
The raid, carried out by a joint security team comprising police operatives from Oko Divisional Headquarters and AVG operatives, was based on intelligence-driven information received.
The State Police Command also successfully apprehended two individuals in connection with unlawful possession of firearms and related offences.
The suspects, identified as Raphael Peverga and Saakura Teryima, both aged 22 and hailing from Benue State, were arrested during a security operation on January 25, 2025, along the Umudioka-Awkuzu road by Igbariam in the state.
In a press statement on Monday, the Command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said during the raid, items recovered include a large quantity of substance suspected to be hard drugs, two mobile phones and N73,150 cash suspected to be proceeds from the sales of the hard drugs.
“The joint security team comprising of police operatives from Oko Divisional Headquarters and AVG operatives, acting on intelligent-driven information on January 25, 2025, by 10.30 pm raided an identified criminal hideout at Umudike, Amaokpala in Orumba North Local Government Area.
“The fierce-looking criminals took to their heels on sighting the Joint Security Team and ran into the nearby bushes.”
Ikenga added that the operatives swiftly took control of the scene, dismantled the camp, and initiated measures to apprehend the fleeing criminals and prevent any regrouping within the state.
Speaking on the individuals apprehended with firearms, SP Ikenga revealed that the Special Anti-Cult Squad operatives from Enugwu-Ukwu in Njijoka Local Government Area conducted the operation at a security checkpoint where four individuals were traveling in a white Toyota Corolla with the registration number YAB 26 CB.
Upon being signalled to stop for a search, two occupants of the vehicle fled the scene while Peverga and Teryima were detained.
“It was reported that the suspects alighted from the vehicle while still in motion when the Operatives ordered them
to park the vehicle for a Security search.”
Ikenga added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, expressed his commitment to enhancing the command’s strategies and operational positioning to tackle such criminal activities effectively.
He asserted that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the two suspects who remain at large.
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