Police apprehend man with gunpowder hidden inside bag of garri
Story by Jane AISO
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects and recovered a large quantity of gunpowder concealed in a bag of garri, one locally made pistol and ammunition.
Police public relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Wednesday said the feat was achieved when its police-led Joint Security Force was on an intelligent-driven routine patrol along the pillar-pole area of Aguata on Sunday.
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The command said it had intercepted a suspect (name withheld) carrying three bags of garri.
The operatives, upon searching the suspect, discovered beneath the edible, a large quantity of gunpowder.
Preliminary information revealed that the suspect was en route to a criminal camp to deliver groceries for consumption and gunpowder for the production of improvised explosives for the gang.
The suspect is currently in custody and assisting the police to arrest the other gang members.
In another development, operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SPACS), acting on credible information, stormed a criminal hideout in Oba Idemili South LGA, in the early hours of Wednesday and arrested one Nelson Wisdom from Etsako East, Edo State, and recovered one locally fabricated pistol with two live ammunition.
Speaking, the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, reiterated that the Police Command and other security agencies will continue to act on information to sustain arrests and to frustrate evil plans of criminal elements in the state.
The statement added that all suspects shall be charged to court on the conclusion of ongoing investigation.
Proofreading by Gift Luckson, Editor at Neptune Prime.
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