The police command in Enugu says it arrested four suspected high-profile criminals within a week and seized one AK-47 rifle with 51 live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, three locally-fabricated Beretta pistols, one pump-action gun, the butt of a locally-made gun, 31 live cartridges and other incriminating exhibits.
The police spokesman in Enugu, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects were arrested between December 1 and 6.
The statement attributed the arrest to the current operational and crime-fighting measures by police commissioner Ahmed Ammani.
The commissioner had tasked police operatives to sustain the tempo and urged Enugu residents to keep assisting the police with credible information, according to the statement.
Police operatives serving in the Anti-Cultism Squad arrested Ifeanyi Ngene, 36, at Akwuke in the Awkunanaw axis of Enugu, on December 6 at about 9:30 a.m., added the statement.
Mr Ngene had in his possession a…
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