The Anambra State Police Command has arrested eight people for kidnapping, cultism, illegal firearm possession, and armed robbery.<\/p>\n
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the command’s spokesman, revealed the arrests in a statement issued Friday. According to Ikenga, police officers found a long gun, a locally produced Beretta, ammo, and a suspected stolen vehicle among the accused.<\/p>\n
The arrests were made as part of a technology-driven investigation carried out by police and joint security operatives in several places across the state.<\/p>\n
The statement stated that two suspects were apprehended in a criminal hideaway in Nnewi as part of a continuing investigation into the kidnapping of a victim, who was later released on August 19, 2024, in Ihiala LGA.<\/p>\n
The suspects have confessed to their involvement in the crime and have supplied critical information to the inquiry. On September 12, 2024, five individuals were caught in a separate operation: Okorie Miracle, Joshua Ekwa, Aneke Okorie, Mmesoma Faithful, and Chukwuzekwu Mba, all guys aged 20 to 26 from Umunze.<\/p>\n
Joint security personnel from Aguata Base raided a criminal hideaway of suspected vandals. The suspects were discovered with locally made short guns, vandalised electricity cables, and tools used in the crime.<\/p>\n
They confessed and are working with the authorities to locate additional gang members and consumers of stolen goods.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, on September 13, 2024, Special Anti-Cultism Squad agents apprehended a 25-year-old guy, Chigozie Ejikeme, on the Nise\/Agulu road. Ejikeme, who attempted to dodge a security checkpoint, was discovered carrying a locally manufactured Beretta pistol and one live 9mm cartridge tucked on his waist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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