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Police arrest three notorious criminals, recover arms and ammunition in Imo

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Last updated: August 16, 2024 8:03 am
Godson Published August 16, 2024
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The Imo State Police Command has arrested three notorious criminals terrorizing the Nekede community.

The spokesperson of the command, ASP Okoye Henry, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, August 15, 2024, said the suspects were arrested for unlawful possession of firearms, armed robbery, cultism, and motorcycle snatching.

“In furtherance of the Imo State Police Command’s unalloyed determination to bring crime to its barest minimum in the State, operatives of Nekede Divisional Headquarters through intelligence-led operations and painstaking investigation apprehended three notorious criminal suspects for unlawful possession of firearms, armed robbery, cultism, and motorcycle snatching respectively,” the statement read.

“One of the suspects, John Chukwudi, ‘m’, 27yrs, a native Ntu in Ngor Okpala LGA of Imo State was arrested on 14/08/2024 while on intelligence-led patrol with the local vigilantes, along Human Race Hospital Road, Nekede. Recovered from him include, one locally made pistol and five rounds of live cartridges.

“On interrogation, he confessed to being a member of the black axe confraternity cult group and stated that the gun was given to him by a member of his syndicate, Ugochukwu Ndubuisi aka Dimzi Gate, who is at large.

“In a different development, Elijah Chigemezu, ‘m’, 23yrs of Ezzamgbo in Ebonyi State was apprehended on 11/08/2024, along Cluster Road, Naze, in the very act of dispossessing a young man his phone and personal belongings at gunpoint.

“His arrest was following a swift response to a distress call by police operatives in synergy with the military. One locally made shotgun was recovered from the suspect. On interrogation, he confessed to the crime

“While, Chibieze Tasie ‘m’ 32yrs was apprehended at No 1 Naze, following a thorough investigation into a reported case of motorcycle snatching in Nekede.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to having conspired with one Ndubuisi, ‘m’ at large to snatch motorcycles from unsuspecting motorcyclists in Nekede.

“Revealing that he stops a motorcycle rider, and lures him to a lonely location where his syndicate will dispose the rider of his motorcycle. One hundred and seventy thousand Naira was recovered from the suspect as part of the proceeds of his alleged criminal business.

“The suspects have all been transferred to the State Criminals Investigation Department (SCID), Owerri, for consolidation of the ongoing investigation. Efforts are on top gear to apprehend and prosecute the manufacturers of the locally-made pistol. The suspects will certainly have their day in court.”

While commending the operatives for their professionalism in achieving the operational feats, the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, urged them to sustain the tempo in the onslaught against crime and criminality in the state.

He admonished the good people of Imo State to continue to support the Police and other security agencies with timely and actionable information on any suspicious person or activity observed within their vicinity.

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