- Police Arrest Gunman, Recovers Pistol, Three Live Ammunition In Awka
* Three members of an armed syndicate that targets Dangote Trailers plying the highways arrested.
Surveillance Operatives of Anambra State Police Command have arrested a lone gunman at a popular hotel (name withheld) in Awka, Anambra state.
The suspect who gave his name as Akuchieani Echezona, a male resident of Ifite Awka, was disarmed, arrested and taken into custody.
Surveillance Operatives who observed the man prowling around the premises on Thursday 20th July. 2023 accosted him and conducted a search on his person. One English-made pistol and three rounds of live ammunition were recovered from him.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has ordered State CID Awka to take over the case and investigate source of the weapon as well as the gunman’s intention for going armed to the hotel.
ANN gathered that the suspect is to be arraigned in court at conclusion of investigation.
In another development, men of Anambra State Police Command have arrested three members of an armed syndicate that targets Dangote Trailers plying the highways in the State.
The Police acting on a tip off stormed the hideout of the syndicate at Nnokwa where three suspects were arrested vandalizing two trailers.
The vandalized head of one of the trailers was recovered while the whereabout of the other is yet to be ascertained.
DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, PPRO Anambra State Police in a release stated that the suspects have been taken into custody for interrogation.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye has directed State CID Awka to take over the case for comprehensive investigation and prosecution of anyone indicted in the crime.
