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Police arrests suspected criminals, others in Enugu
Police operatives in Enugu have arrested five suspected kidnappers and other criminals in the state.
The spokesman for the state police command, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Enugu.
He said the operatives recovered firearms, ammunition, military uniforms, and stolen items, including a car in the operations.
The spokesman said: “On December 15, a combined team of operatives from Nsukka Area Command, acting on intelligence, raided a kidnapping gang’s hideout in Nru community within Nsukka council area.
“The suspects engaged the operatives in a gunfight but fled with gunshot injuries under superior police firepower.
“A loaded revolver pistol, a cut-to-size single-barrel gun, two live cartridges, military camouflage uniforms, a Moniepoint PoS machine, and ATM cards were recovered.
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“Preliminary investigations revealed the gang’s involvement in a recent case of kidnapping and other heinous crimes in the Nsukka axis. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects.
“In a different operation, on December 14, operatives from the Abakaliki Road Police Division of the Command arrested four burglary suspects.
“The suspects had burgled and stole bicycles, laptops, phones, and other items from a house in GRA, Enugu.
“The stolen items were recovered, while the suspects confessed to the crime.”
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