The Police Command in Anambra says it has arrested 264 suspects including kingpins that masterminded two high profile kidnap and murder cases from April 1 to date in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mustapha Danduara, disclosed this to newsmen during the parade of the suspects at the command’s headquarters, Amawbia near Awka on Monday.
According to him, 231 out of the figure are suspected cultists, 16 “one chance“ robbery syndicates’, four suspected car snatchers, three suspected kidnappers and 10 suspected armed robbers.
He said the arrest of the suspects was due to combine effort of the command’s striking units such as; SARS, Special Anti-Cultism, Operations Udoka and Divisional Patrol teams.
Danduara listed; two AK47 riffles, one Berretta pistol, two double barrel pistol, two revolver pistol, two fabricated guns, 160 life ammunition among others as some of the exhibits recovered from the suspects.
Other items recovered from the suspects were; two Toyota Corrolla vehicles, one RVA4 jeep stolen for Rivers State, three L-300 Mitsubishi buses used for one chance robbery and eight bags, two drums of dry leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa.
