Men of the Delta State Police Command have arrested four robbery suspects and recovered weapons from them.
DSP Bright Edafe, the spokesman of the Command, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri, on Sunday.
Edafe identified the first two suspects as Yusuf Ibrahim and Hashimu Garba.
He said the two suspects were nabbed on Nov. 26 by the Anti-Crime Patrol Team attached to Ekpan Police Station in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
The patrol team was on a stop and search duty on the NPA Expressway, Warri, when they accosted three suspects.
One of the suspects escaped.
“On Nov. 26, at about 11:15 p.m., Anti-Crime Patrol Team attached to Ekpan Police Station while on visibility patrol/stop and search duty flagged down a motorcycle with three occupants by Benjones in Hausa Market on the NPA Expressway, Warri.
“The suspects alighted from the motorcycle and one of them surprisingly shot at the patrol team and the team returned same.
“During the gun duel, one of the suspects Ibrahim, aged 27, was shot on his left foot. He was consequently arrested alongside the rider of the motorcycle, one Garba, aged 30, while the third suspect escaped,” he said.
Edafe said that exhibits recovered from them included: one cut-to-size locally-made single-barrel gun, three live cartridges and two expended cartridges.
“Similarly, on 19/11/2021 at about 3:30 p.m., Kwale Divisional Patrol team while on stop and search duty along Afieze street Kwale intercepted one Qlink motorcycle with reg no EHR 609 LU with two occupants namely Ohajiaka Sunday ‘m’ aged 24yrs of Ogwu Ikpere Community of Ogbaru LGA in Anambra State and one Rukevwe Jagu ‘m aged 24yrs of same address but a native of Oriah in Abraka.
“Upon searching the suspects one locally made revolver pistol loaded with one live ammunition, forty two (42) rounds of assorted live ammunition, several charms and the sum of N103,500 were recovered from them. Investigation is ongoing.”
