Police-led Joint Security Force while on intelligent-driven routine patrol along the pillar-pole area of Aguata on 22/9/2024, intercepted a suspect name withheld carrying three bags of Garri.
Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer,Superintendent of Police,SP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement on Wednesday 25th September,2024 said the operatives upon search of the suspect discovered beneath the edible, a large quantity of gunpowder.
The Spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command disclosed that Preliminary information reveals that the suspect was en route to a criminal camp to deliver groceries for consumption and the gunpowder for production of Improvised Explosives for the gang.
He stated that the suspect is currently in custody and assisting the Police to arrest the other gang members
In another development, SP Ikenga revealed that operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SPACS) acting on credible information stormed a criminal hideout in Oba Idemili South LGA in the early hours of today 25/9/2024 arrest one Mr Nelson Wisdom from Etsako East, Edo State and recover one locally fabricated pistol with two live ammunition.
Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam reiterated that the Police Command and Other security agencies will continue to act on information to sustain the onslaught of Operation and to frustrate evil plans of the criminal elements in the State.
The statement added that all suspects shall be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigation.
