Police
detectives in Asaba, Delta State, have killed six suspected robbers and
kidnappers during a raid on their hideout.
The police also found an arms’
factory in Umunede, Ika North-East local government area of the state on
Thursday.
The state command’s spokesman,
ASP Famous Ajieh, confirmed to LEADERSHIP Weekend yesterday that the arms’
factory served a dual purpose for both kidnappers and armed robbers who had
been working with some of the community’s indigenes in recent times.
According to the police
spokesman, hundreds of AK-47 rifles with over 3,000 locally-made guns and 6,000
rounds of live ammunition were recovered during the raid, adding that the six
suspects were killed when they attempted to escape from their hideout.
Disclosing that the detectives
had mounted surveillance in the areas, the police spokesman however called on
the residents of Umunede to be courageous and forward information on suspects
to the police to check the activities of criminals.
Residents of Umunede had
contacted the police when they saw unfamiliar persons around a fenced plot of
land located on old Ekwuoma Road.
Sources said that suspected
cultists and armed robbers were allegedly using the place to keep their weapons
while strange persons were often seen in the area doing nothing.
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