Imo police dismantle criminal gangs, arrest 25 suspects, and recover arms, ammunition

?The Imo State Police Command, in its renewed efforts against criminal activities in the state, has arrested 25 suspects in various criminal involvements and recovered arms and illicit drugs.

In a press statement by the Spokesperson of the Command, Henry Okoye, the police said it arrested 25 suspects for offenses bordering on kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, drug peddling, child trafficking and others.
?Okoye revealed that ?in the course of investigations, operatives recovered four assault rifles, twenty-five cartridges, two vehicles, three motorcycles, 35 bags of weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa.

Other items recovered, include suspected stolen aluminum roofing sheets, and other incriminating exhibits.
?”Prominent among those arrested are suspected gang members terrorising Njaba LGA. The suspects are Eririogu Chukwuebuka, 28, native of Egwuede Atta, Njaba LGA, Ezemonye Orji, 32, native of Edda, Afikpo, Ebonyi State, Kelechi Michael, 28, hails from Ubowuala, Emekuku, Owerri North LGA, and three others.

“The suspects are allegedly responsible for the 2021 murders of HRH Eze Durueburuo of Okwudo Autonomous Community, and HRH Eze Sampson Osunwa, the traditional ruler of Ihebinowere Autonomous Community both in Njaba LGA, as well as kidnapping and armed robbery.

“Recovered from them were one AK-47 rifle, three magazines, thirty rounds of live ammunition, one pump-action gun, seven cartridges, and criminal charms”the release stated.

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