Police Arrests Insurgents, Recover Vehicles, Ammunition In Anambra State
By Chinwe Onuigbo, Anambra
Anambra State Police Command has smashed a deadly insurgency gang, arresting two members and recovering stolen vehicles and four AK-47 rifles.
According to a press release by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the operatives arrested the hoodlums at Awka-Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA) while on patrol with the local vigilante.
“The heavily armed gang were accosted while on a yet-to-be unravelled mission. The joint security team chased the hoodlums until the vehicle they were in ran into a ditch.
“After a shootout, two members of the gang were arrested while four AK-47 Rifles were recovered. Also recovered were one Toyota Highlander SUV with Reg. No. Lagos GGE 408 GZ.”
In a related development, another team of police officers also working with the local vigilante intercepted a Toyota Venza Car Registration number: Lagos EKY 746 JB at Neni in Anaocha LGA.
“The driver of the car fled on sighting the joint team. After a thorough search, 34 live cartridges were recovered from the vehicle,” the PPRO noted.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who commended the efforts of the joint personnel, directed the Rapid Response Squad at Awkuzu to take over investigation of both cases.
He vowed that Anambra State will be made too hot for any criminal gang to operate except they are ready to meet their waterloo.
In a related development, the state police command recovered an AK47 rifle with two magazines loaded with 50 rounds of ammunition from a kidnapper’s hideout near the Awgbu community in the Orumba North LG Area of the state.
Also, the police command intercepted a kidnap gang and rescued four men already abducted by the “dare-devil kidnappers.”
The state police spokesman disclosed that the kidnappers were taking the victims to an unknown destination before they were intercepted.
He further stated that the rescued victims have since been reunited with their families.
