Police kills two robbery suspects in Delta, recovers weapons

The Police authorities in Delta State have shot dead two armed robbery suspects after their gang attacked some victims along Afisere road junction in Ughelli town, near Warri last Saturday.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Celestina Kalu in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects died from gunshot wounds following a shoot-out between the police and the criminal gang during a robbery operation.

She said: ” On August 8, at about 10.30pm, the DPO, ‘A’ Division Ughelli received information that armed robbers were operating along Afisere road junction in Ughelli.

“Consequently, a combined team of Surveillance patrol team and Ughelli vigilante men were despatched to the scene, but the hoodlums on sighting the policemen opened fire on them.

Kalu said that in the ensuing exchange of gunfire, two members of the gang were shot and arrested at the scene while others managed to escape.

She said that the injured armed robbers, however, gave up the ghost while been rushed to the hospital, adding that the police recovered one locally made pistol and six live cartridges from the gang.

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