The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Mr. Aderemi Adeoye says the command has arrested about thirty criminal suspects and made other recoveries between December one, 2023 and yesterday, Monday, January eight, 2024.

 

The Police Commissioner made the revelation in a press briefing at the police headquarters in Awka yesterday.

According to the Commissioner, of the number, twelve were kidnap suspects, nine-armed robbery suspects, six were suspected cult members, and three suspected insurgents.

 

He also said that they rescued two kidnap victims, recovered eleven vehicles, twelve firearms, and forty ammunition.

Mr. Adeoye who also recounted their success against a gang of gunmen who attacked and killed two police security personnel on December twenty eightieth, 2023 in the state, said that three of the gang members were killed during a gun battle two days later in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area, four explosives, two pump action guns, a walkie talkie, handset, and fifteen live cartridges recovered from them.

 

He, therefore, reassured of the command’s commitment towards ensuring security of life and property in the state.