Operatives of the police, Delta State Command have arrested three persons suspected to be cultists and armed robbers.
Luck ran out of them when the officers intercepted their tricycle and discovered a cut to size gun and four live cartridges.
A release by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Edafe Bright, disclosed that they were apprehended along Pessu Corner, Warri axis of the State.
According to the image maker, “on 05/08/2022 at about 1345HRS, Police operatives attached to Quick response squad (QRS) during a stop and search duty along Pessu corner in Warri, intercepted a tricycle with three occupants and upon search of the occupants, one locally made cut-to-size gun and four live Cartridges were recovered from them”.
The PPRO, disclosed the identities of the three suspects as Chukwuma Owoh, 26 years, Ediri Ogendengbe, 32 years, and Alfred Kess, 38 years who were immediately arrested by the Policemen.
He said: “One of the Suspects, Chukwuma Owoh confessed that he bought the gun from one Haruna of hausa market Warri, and that he was on his way to Pessu in search of some Aiye confraternity cult members that attacked his younger sister”, adding that the suspects are currently in custody while investigation is ongoing.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police Ari Muhammed Ali, has urged officers and men of the Command to sustain the tempo.
The CP also admonished them to be polite and civil to members of the public while on duty as incivility to members of the public would not be tolerated under his watch.
