Police parade 31 suspects in Enugu

Chris Oji, Enugu

THE Police Command in Enugu State on Wednesday paraded 31 suspects involved in various crimes in the state in the month of February.

Parading the suspects in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, said that within the period under review the command recovered six different assorted arms and six live cartridges.

Abdurrahman also noted that the command recovered two tricycles, one vehicle, four motorcycle and N47,000.

He said that the feat was achieved by a robust operation and intelligence gathering in the ongoing Operation Puff Adder as well as partnership and synergy with sister security agencies in the state.

“The command appreciates the collaboration of the good people of Enugu State in fighting crime and criminality within the state in the month under review,’’ he said.

The commissioner noted that bulk of the arrest was done by Independent Layout Police Division, Anti-Cultism Squad; CP Monitoring Group and Command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

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Abdurrahman said that on Feb. 10; SARS operatives arrested two suspects for conspiracy and armed robbery during a stop-and-search along Ziks Avenue, Enugu.

“We recovered one cut-to-size English single barrel gun loaded with one live cartridge and a tricycle with registration number ENU 801 VM,’’ he said.

He noted that on Feb. 14, the SARS operative also arrested three suspects involved in conspiracy and stealing through a stop-and-search along Nsukka-Obollo-Afor road in the state.

“The SARS operatives recovered one Honda motorcycle from the suspects,’’ he said.

Abdurrahman said that on Feb. 22, the Anti-Cult Squad of the command arrested five suspects for conspiracy, robbery and cultism as well as breach of public peace within Emena axis of Enugu.