A detachment of Police-led Forward Operating Base at Aguata while on patrol at Uga – Ezinifite Expressway in Anambra state have recovered two pump action guns and a Mercedes SUV.
ANN gathered that the police officers saw an SUV drive past at a terrible speed. Suspecting that they may be kidnappers with an abducted victim, the team went in pursuit.
According to a release made available by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, Awka, Several kilometres later the team found the vehicle in a ditch but without any occupant.
They found clothing with blood stains in the vehicle as well as Two Pump Action Guns and a Machete. The vehicle, a wine-colored Mercedes GLK 350 4matic with Registration No. Enugu ENU 484 JV was recovered and deposited for safekeeping at Area Command Headquarters in Uga.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye while commending the Joint Security Team for its vigilance ordered a full-scale investigation to locate the owner of the vehicle and ascertain circumstances leading to the recovery of arms and offensive weapons from the fleeing hoodlums.
Adeoye enjoined people in the neighborhood not to harbor criminals but to turn them over to law enforcement in the interest of community safety.
