The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspected criminals for allegedly being in possession of firearms.
The suspects, Godspower Peter, 18 and Voke Samuel, 15, were nabbed on Thursday by officials of the Safer High Way Patrol on Ekakpamre-Jeremi Road in Ughelli South Local Government Area, LGA, of the state.
The suspects, who are said to be armed robbers terrorizing the state, were nabbed with a fabricated single barrel gun with four rounds of cartridges and a double barrel cut-to-size gun.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, in Ughelli Area Command, Mr. Usman Ndanbabo, who paraded the suspects before newsmen shortly after their arrest, said his men arrested the suspects on a motorcycle while carrying a black polythene bag.
“The polythene bag contained cut-to-size guns, with one of the bullets already used, indicating that they were coming from a robbery.
“There were four of them who jumped into a swamp but our men pursued them, and could only arrest two.
“The suspects made statements and the command will not relent in its efforts to make the area crime-free,” the ACP stated.
One of the suspects, Peter, in his statement to the police said, “I am a motorcycle rider. The three boys asked me to carry them from Agbarho in Ughelli North to Otujeremi in Ughelli South and I charged them N1, 000. They agreed.
“They appealed to me to tow their motorcycle, which was bad.
“On our way, we saw a police checkpoint. We were searched and two guns and bullets were found in the bags they carried.
“We fled into a nearby swamp and I was arrested.”
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