Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Jamilu Monday, 29, and Dantala Musa, 25, with locally-made cut-to-size guns and 10 rounds of live cartridges concealed in their bags.
This was disclosed in a statement by the police command public relations officer, Henry Okoye.
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He said the suspects were apprehended by operatives of the command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) while on intelligence-led stop-and-search on Bishop Court Road, Owerri, Imo State.
He said, “The suspects were intercepted in a minibus with reg no. KED 364XA and arrested two suspects, namely Jamilu Monday ‘m’, 29 years old, and Dantala Musa ‘m’, 25 years old, who were unlawfully in possession of one locally made cut-to-size gun and ten rounds of live cartridges neatly concealed in their bag. “
Similarly, operatives of the Command’s Tactical Squad, on the same day, nabbed two suspects, namely, Ihechi Favour, 20 years old, and Bright Chimezie, 18 years old, who were unlawfully in possession of two fabricated guns, an axe, and a sharp iron object, while on an intensive stop and search at Naze Junction, along Aba Road.
Okoye said the suspects will be arraigned in court with the appropriate criminal charge upon completion of the investigation.
While commending the operatives for a job well done, the commissioner of police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, urged them to sustain the tempo.
He said the command will not relent in its efforts to stamp out all forms of violent crime in the state and encouraged well-meaning residents of Imo State to always report any suspicious person or clandestine activity to the nearest police station or via 08034773600 or 08098880197.