DELTA POLICE COMMAND INTERCEPTS CYCLIST WITH BAG OF GARRI LADEN WITH 340 AK47 LIVE AMMUNITION

Delta State Police Command says it has intercepted a Cyclist ferrying a bag of garri laden with 340 rounds of live AK47 Ammunition and arrested the suspect. The incident was said to have occurred on October 1st ,2021 at about 7:30 am.               

According to the press statement made avialable to our correspondent by the Command Spokesperson,  Mr. Bright  Edafe,  a Deputy Superintendent of Police , DSP ,  Policemen attached to Bomadi  Divisional patrol team while on stop and search duty along Bomadi/Tuomo road,  intercepted a cyclist conveying a 37-year- old Solomon.  of Tuomo Community,  Burutu LGA Delta State carrying  bag containing Garri. 

The Operative who were said to be discrete in their responsibilities,  on reasonable suspicion decided to search the suspect and the bag.                                                                                                   

Upon search,  three hundred and forty (340) rounds of AK47 live ammunition hidden inside the Garri were recovered.                

Suspect was arrested and investigation is ongoing. In a related development , On September 30, 2021 at about 8.15 pm , the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri, who was said to be acting on a distressed call  that a tricycle with registration No FHR 600 QF  was snatched by four armed gang at Hausa quarters and were heading towards Delta line  Warri/Sapele road Warri.                          

The DPO was said to have deployed  Rapid response team of the Division to go after them. ” The team on sighting the hoodlums around Warri gave them a hot chase and in the process, one of the suspects named Efe David , aged 22 years,  jumped down from the tricycle  and was arrested  while the other three escaped with the tricycle.                                                

Information was said to have been disseminated quickly to other Divisions and vigilantes which fortunately led to the arrest of one of them by vigilante with the snatched tricycle while two of the robbers escaped.                                                             

However,  the Vigilantes were said to  have been over powered by irate mob who delivered instant jungle justice on the suspect.  Police said they recovered the tricycle, cut to size double barrel gun with two live cartridges  and some suspected stolen pieces of gold plated jewelries .                                                                     

Meanwhile , On 29 September,  2021,  at about 300hrs , acting on credible information, Operatives attached to the Command raider squad raided  Utuloho Street Ozoro, during which one  English double barrel gun and twenty-six  live cartridges were recovered in possession of one  female,  Ejiro Efemijoghor ,   who claimed that the gun belongs to her husband.