Police Arrest 2 Robbery Suspects, 1 Other In Delta

The police command in Delta State has arrested two robbery suspects in Aladja Community, Udu local government area.

SP Bright Edafe, the police public relations officer of the command, said this on Tuesday in Warri.

Edafe said the suspected hoodlums were nabbed by the operatives of Aladja police out-station.

According to him, the police operatives received a distress call that some suspected armed robbers were carrying out a robbery operation in the Aladja Community.

“The district officer, alongside community members, mobilised to the scene where the suspects were arrested at Igwere Quarters, Aladja.

“One locally-made gun, cartridges, knife and a suspected stolen phone were recovered from them,” he said.

Edafe said the suspects were currently in police custody, adding that investigation on the case was ongoing.

In another development, Edafe said that the command’s operatives, on special assignment, deployed to Ughelli, also arrested a suspected cultist.

The spokesman said that the suspect, whom he described as a “notorious cultist”, was apprehended on Friday by the police team led by ASP Julius Robinson.

“Acting on credible intelligence on the peddling of arms and an intended cult clash within Oteri Community in Ughelli, North, operatives led by ASP Robinson trailed a notorious cultist and a mastermind of the intended cult clash to a hotel in Ughelli.

“The suspect, a member of the Eiye confraternity, was arrested.

“Upon interrogation, the suspect took operatives to his residence where a Beretta pistol was recovered,” he said.

Edafe said that an investigation on the matter was ongoing. (NAN)