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Delta: Police Arrest 5 Kidnap Suspects, Recover Cash, Weapons
Delta State Police Command says its operatives have arrested five kidnap suspects in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen in Warri on Tuesday, saying that the suspects were arrested on Thursday at their hideout in Ewu town, Ughelli South.
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Edafe said the suspected hoodlums were nabbed by the police crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command, following a tip-off.
The PPRO said the suspects, upon interrogation, admitted to having abducted and released a septuagenarian woman after collecting N7.9 million as ransom.
“On Sept. 12, 2024, the crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command, acting on a tip-off, stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu town and arrested five suspects.
“The suspects confessed to various armed robbery and kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman, whom they kidnapped on Sept. 8, and collected a sum of N7.9 million before her release,” said Edafe.
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According to him, items recovered from the suspects include one single barrel, three locally made cut-to-size guns and N450,000.
Other items, he said are one Moniepoint Point of Sales (PoS) machine, one OPAY POS machine, and wraps of weeds suspected to be Cannabis sativa, adding that the suspects were in their custody pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation.
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