- Imo state police has arrested six suspected armed robbers
- Several guns and a bag that contained India hemp were recovered from the suspects
Six suspected members of a deadly armed robbery gang terrorising Imo state have been arrested by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS).
The suspects were arrested with two locally-made pistols, two locally-made revolver pistols with three live unexpended cartridges, one ammunition and a bag of weed suspected to be India hemp, The Punch reports.
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The suspects paraded by the police. Source: Punch
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The suspects were arrested in the early hours of Sunday, September 2, according to a statement by the state commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi.
Galadanchi gave the names of the suspects as Onyebuchi Uruaku, 62; Micheal Chigozie, 20; Ifeanyi Uchenna, 21; Ugochukwu Ejiniogu, 28; and Chinonso Obiakor, 32.
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The police boss said: “We have redoubled efforts in fighting criminality in Imo State. This is ember and we have closed all the gaps.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com earlier reported that the police command in Akwa Ibom state said its officers had killed four of the five suspected armed robbers who robbed a fuel station in Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom on August 21.
The commissioner of police in the state, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, made the disclosure at a news conference in Uyo on Friday.
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Source: Naija.ng
