Police nab three suspects in Enugu, recover firearms, drugs

Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested three suspects linked to armed robbery, kidnapping and drug trafficking, while also recovering firearms, ammunition and suspected illicit drugs.

The Command’s spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the arrest in a statement sighted on Thursday.

He noted that operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), acting on intelligence, arrested two suspected armed robbers and kidnappers, Ogbonna Chinonso, 22, and Nnachi Cypril, 35, at a drinking spot along the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway on May 30.

Items recovered from them include a locally made revolver pistol, a cut-to-size double-barrelled gun, six rounds of 9mm ammunition and a live cartridge.

In a separate operation earlier the same day, police operatives raided a hideout in Trans-Ekulu, Enugu, where they arrested a suspected drug peddler, Izunna Ani, 36. Large quantities of substances suspected to be “Loud” and “Kolos” were also recovered.

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The Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, commended the operatives for the arrests and reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to intelligence-led policing and sustained operations against criminal elements in the state.

He urged residents to continue providing useful information to aid the fight against crime, adding that the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigations.

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