……. Recovers One AK-47 Rifle, Two Pump Action Guns, Ammunition and Cartridges
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have foiled the kidnapping attempt by a syndicate of kidnappers along DLA road in Asaba, where four armed hoodlums operating in a Toyota Camry 2.4 Model Reg. No. Enugu BLF 490 AA kidnapped one male and a female victim (names withheld), and a Toyota Camry vehicle belonging to a woman was also taken by the hoodlums.
A signed statement on Monday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, upon receipt of this information, directed the command’s Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Squad to ensure that the hoodlums are arrested and victims rescued.
“The commander, CSP Labe Joseph, led operatives from the unit and embarked on an intelligence-led operation that trailed the suspected kidnappers to Ezenei by Asaba/Benin Expressway, the hoodlums, upon sighting the police team closing in on them, zoomed off and diverted to Oko Market Road in a bid to escape, but the team courageously chased after the hoodlums, forcing the hoodlums to jump out of their vehicles, hurriedly took to their heels, and fled into the nearby bush with bullet injuries, abandoning the cars.
“Upon search of their operational vehicle, one AK-47 rifle with a defaced breach number, two pump action guns, one magazine, eight (8) rounds of AR live ammunition, and twenty-one (21) rounds of live cartridges concealed under the suspects’ engine compartment were recovered, exhibits in custody while the investigation is in progress, the statement said.
