The Edo Command of the Nigerian Police has arrested four armed robbery and kidnap suspects in the state.
The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, who disclosed this in a statement, said that the arrested was made possible due to credible intelligence through the Directorate of State Security, DSS.
According to him, the office of the IGP had given notice of coordinated plans hatched by the suspects to carry out attacks against police formations in the state.
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Nwabuzor said that based on the alert, Edo Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed DanMallam, directed the tactical team of the command to go after the suspects and “a robust raiding, coding and search conducted within Auchi axis of the state led to the arrest of the suspects on Friday.”
Some of the items recovered from the suspects included a vehicle, one Pump Action, two locally made guns, 20 live cartridges, charms, two face masks and a pair of police mobile force uniform, according to the Police spokesman.
He appealed for vigilance among members of the public and urged that suspicious movements be report to the police.