Enugu police bust kidnap rings ahead of Christmas
The Enugu State Police Order has effectively destroyed a grabbing pack hideaway and captured five suspects engaged with thievery and vehicle robbery during different tasks.
The tasks likewise prompted the recuperation of guns, ammo, military regalia, and other taken things, including a vehicle.
As per the State Police Advertising Official, Daniel Ndukwe, the seize associates were caught in the Nru people group with Nsukka Nearby Government Region.
Things seized from the pack incorporated a stacked gun, a slice to-measure single-barrel firearm, two live cartridges, a Retail location (POS) machine, and Computerized Teller Machine (ATM) cards.
Ndukwe unveiled that the pack had been connected to late kidnappings and other crimes in Nsukka.
“On December 15, 2024, a joined group of agents from Nsukka Region Order, following up on tenable knowledge, struck a capturing posse’s hideaway in Nru people group, Nsukka LGA. The suspects drew in the agents in a gunfight however escaped with shot wounds under prevalent police capability.
“A stacked gun, a slice to-measure single-barrel firearm, two live cartridges, military cover garbs, a Moniepoint POS machine, and ATM cards were recuperated.
“Starter examinations affirmed the pack’s contribution in ongoing kidnappings and other horrifying violations in Nsukka. Endeavors are progressing to secure the escaping suspects,” he expressed.
In a different activity, the police captured four suspects for robbery and one more person for vehicle burglary.
Four men — Nelson Uchechi (22), Waziri Adamu (21), Auwal Kachalla (30), and Abba Mohammed — were captured for purportedly breaking into a house in the GRA area of Enugu on November 14, 2024, around 2 a.m. They purportedly took bikes, workstations, telephones, and different resources. The taken things were recuperated, and the suspects admitted to the wrongdoing. They were therefore summoned in court and remanded in a Nigerian Restorative office.
In one more activity toward the beginning of December 2024, the police captured Chukwudi Chika (35) for taking a red Volkswagen Passat vehicle from the premises of a congregation in Coal Camp, Enugu. The taken vehicle was recuperated, and the suspect admitted to the wrongdoing. He has likewise been charged and remanded in care.
The State Chief of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, cautioned lawbreakers to avoid Enugu State, underlining the Order’s obligation to guaranteeing public wellbeing during the bubbly season and then some.
He asked inhabitants to remain careful, instantly report dubious exercises or people, and help out policemen to keep up with harmony and security all through the state.
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