DELTA POLICE COMMAND GAINS GROUND IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIMINALS .... Arrest Suspects Who Defraud POS Operators With Fake Deposit Alerts, Apprehends Armed Robber, Recovers Pistol, Stolen Vehicle.

The Delta State Police Command Headquarters, Asaba has announced the arrest of two suspects namely; Ofemu Obus ‘m’ age 23yrs and Henry Ekpu ‘m’ age 28yrs, by Operatives attached to the Command's Raiders squad on 27/10/2022.

According to a statement issued and signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Edafe Bright, the suspects are alleged to specialize in defrauding unsuspecting POS operators by generating fake alerts which they use to deceive their victims and defraud them of their money. 

The PPRO, in the statement, disclosed that the suspects are currently in police custody and investigation is ongoing.

In a similar situation, DSP Edafe Bright revealed that, "on the 26/10/2022 at about 1700hrs, operatives of Dragon patrol teams 29 and 26 led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, while on stop and search duty along Warri-Sapele road by Okwuvo Okpe LGA, intercepted a Daylong motorcycle with Reg. No. Delta UGH 353 VQ carrying two male occupants.

He stated that, "the Policemen conducted a search on them during which, one (1) Iphone, one (1) Infinix  phone, one (1) Nokia torch phone were recovered from the suspects. 

He further disclosed that, "while the search was being conducted, the owners of the Phones started calling, and they alleged that they were at Sapele and Oghara respectively. The two suspects were later identified as John Francis ‘m’ age 26yrs of Uru-Ughelli Street Agbarho and Godsent Orogun ‘m’, age 25yrs of No. 18 Ovwiagba. 

"Suspects are in custody while investigation is ongoing." He said.

Also, the Command's spokesman while reiterating the resolve of the Commissioner of Police, Delta state Command Headquarters, CP Ari Mohammed Ali, stated that, operatives of the police command, while "acting on intelligence report about an armed robbery syndicate who operates around Awka-Enugu highway axis but hibernate in Asaba, at about 1145hrs, operatives of CP.-Decoy squad acting on a tip off, mobilized to Oduke-Okwe axis of Asaba where the suspects who were driving a Toyota Seinna SUV with Reg. No. ASB 781 YF, upon sighting the Police, abandoned the said vehicle and took into the crowd at the market. Upon search of the vehicle, one locally Made Barretta Pistol, and a Samsung phone was recovered beneath the driver’s seat. Investigation is ongoing.