SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS DIES IN GUN DUEL IN DELTA .... Police Recover Two Locally Made Guns, Cartridges, Arrest Suspected Indian Hemp Dealer, Recovers 9 Large Bags Loaded With Weeds

CP Ari Mohammed Ali
Delta State Police Vommand

"One of the suspects brought out a gun from his hand bag and fired at the Policemen but missed his target. The team returned fire forcing the suspects to a retreat, unfortunately for them, one of the suspects was maimed while the other suspect escaped." Delta Police Command.

The Delta State Police Command Headquarters in Asaba, under the leadership of CP Ari Mohammed Ali, has again taken the battle to criminal elements in its determined efforts at eradicating crime and criminality across the state.

A statement signed by DSP Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer PPRO on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Mohammed Ali, disclosed that, "on the 26/8/2022, Police operatives attached to ‘B’ Division Warri, while on Surveillance Patrol along Okere market junction, received a distress call that a four-man armed robbery gang were operating around Miramble Guest House along same Okere Road. 

"The team," according to the statement, "raced to the scene where the hoodlums on sighting the Police engaged them in a gun duel. In the ensuing gun battle, one of the hoodlums was fatally wounded while others escaped. One locally made double barrel cut-to-size gun and a live cartridge were recovered. 

The recovered gun

The injured suspect was taken to the hospital where he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment. 

Similarly, DSP Edafe, in the statement also revealed that, "on 23 August 2022, Policemen attached to ‘A’ Division Rapid Response Squad were on routine stop and search duty along Urhobo road when they sighted two young boys on foot approaching them, the men were at alert owing to the fact that, they could be out to play a fast one and attack them. Unsurprisingly, one of the suspects brought out a gun from his hand bag and fired at the Policemen but missed his target. The team returned fire forcing the suspects to a retreat, unfortunately for them, one of the suspects was maimed while the other suspect escaped. The injured suspect equally gave up the ghost before he could get to the hospital. One locally made gun, one expended cartridge, and one live cartridge were recovered. Manhunt for the fleeing suspects in ongoing.

The state PPRO further disclosed that, on the 25th of August, 2022 at about 1730hours, operatives of Eagle-Net Special Squad while on Aberdeen patrol duty, intercepted a sienna vehicle with reg. no. SAP 889 AA driven by one Demilola Adefuwa aged 42yrs, along Benin-Sapele road. As usual, they  subjected the vehicle to a search during which nine bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp covered with plantain leaves for the purpose of deceiving the Police were recovered. The team arrested the suspect, exhibit recovered and investigation is ongoing.