The Edo Police Command has arrested no fewer than 34 suspected criminals in the state in the last two weeks.
The State’s Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, disclosed this in Benin on Friday, while briefing the media on its achievements in the fight against crimes and criminalities in the state.
According to the CP, the suspects included 20 armed robbery and four kidnap suspects.
Others, he said, include seven suspected cultists and three suspected to have escaped from lawful custody.
Kokumo disclosed that exhibits recovered from the suspects included AK-47 rifle with breach No. 5571, one English revolver pistol, and nine locally made pistols.
Other exhibits were three live cartridges, two expended cartridges, one battle-ax, and four vehicles.
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He said further: “We also recovered 19 exotic phones, one police belt, one pair of police Inspector insignia, and one Army Camouflage cap.
“One POS Terminal, Sim cards of different Network, one red Daylong motorcycle with Reg. No. UBJ-325-VS, a cash sum of N8,790, assorted sim cards of different Networks, and assorted ATM cards of different banks were also recovered,” he said.
“As we approach the Yuletide season, the police will not rest on its oars until all the arms and ammunition carted away by the hoodlums, the aftermath of EndSARS protest, are recovered and escapees from Benin and Oko Custodial Centres rearrested.
“The criminal elements resident in Edo will not know peace while those planning incursion from contiguous states are warned to steer clear as the police command is fully prepared to wage war against them.”
He noted that the command had continued to discharge its constitutional responsibilities aimed at protecting lives and property by striving to prevent crime and criminality.
