Delta State Police command has arrested three suspected armed robbers at different locations in the state.
The state command said in a press statement by its Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe that one of the armed robbers specialised in dispossessing his victims of valuable assets with a dummy gun.
Edafe said: “About 1130hrs, men of the police Eagle-Net Special Squad, while on routine patrol/stop and search duty along Ughelli-Warri expressway intercepted a Toyota Picnic car, navy blue colour with Reg. No. AAA 464 YA and six (6) male occupants.”
The security operatives thought the conduct of the men in the car was suspicious and asked them to disembark for a search.
In the process, three locally made pistols, two handsets, one mobile phone, power bank and the cash sum of three hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and forty naira only (N316, 640.00) were recovered from the car occupants.
“The two suspects arrested were identified as Kelvin Godstime, a 20-years-old of Upper Afisere in Ughelli North LGA and Samson Ekutu, a 23-years-old of Ugbogeme of Udu LGA”.
Edafe said the other armed robber who specialised in robbing victims with dummy gun was arrested on Sunday, June 13, 2021, about 11:10 pm by men of the Okpanam Police Division in response to a distress call from a victim whose house was entered by the robber.
During the operation, the robber reportedly asked those who did not have cash in the house to transfer money into his account.
“The DPO swiftly deployed patrol teams to the area. The patrol teams on getting to the scene cordoned the area and arrested the suspect one Emmanuel Peace ‘m’ about 18 years old with a wooden dummy gun.
“The suspect had already successfully forced an aged couple to transfer the sum of six hundred thousand Naira (N600, 000) to an account number owned by one Anwanga Abasi Nathaniel Udo. Other exhibits recovered from the suspect include two (2) knives and one (1) torchlight”, Edafe said in the statement.
