The Police in Anambra State has recorded a breakthrough in the onslaught against criminal with the arrest of six members of a notorious criminal gang that have been terrorizing Eziowelle community and it’s environs for a long time .
It was gathered that the criminals were rounded up after the state
Commissioner of Police , Echeng Echeng received reports about their criminal activities in the area.
Recovered from the daredevil members of the gang were weapons which includes pump action rifles and other dangerous weapons which they use for their operations.
According to sources members of the notorious gang have, for long, been involved in kidnapping , robbing , intimidaty and harassment of people in the community.
They were also alleged to have broken into homes of prominent individuals in the community, stolen their properties, raped female members of their families and kidnapped others who were later forced to part with huge sums of money as ransom.
According to sources, they made the town so hot that many indigenes both in Nigerian and abroad, ran away from their homes for fear of being kidnapped and forced to pay ransome.
It was learned that some of their victims were not only abducted at midnight but were also tortured, harassed and intimidated into parting with huge sums of money to buy their freedom
Sources said that when report of their criminal activities was received by the Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, he swiftly directed his men to swing into action and round up all the criminals involved in the nefarious acts.
Their operations reportedly paid off after operatives of the state command stormed the town and rounded up the suspects.
This, according to sources, was after they gave the police team stiff resistance and confronted them with hot exchange of firepower that lasted for hours.
It was gathered that the police team succeeded in routing them and arrested six of their kingpins while others escaped with serious bullet wounds.
When contacted by the ABS, the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the report and said investigation is continuing in the area.
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