Police operatives in Delta have killed a member of a kidnap syndicate and recovered the gang’s weapons in Delta State.
The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Warri.
He said the suspect was killed by the command’s special squad during a gun duel with the suspected hoodlums in Ughelli on Monday.
Edafe said: “On August 12, 2024, operatives of the Special Squad of the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Olufemi Abaniwonda, which is based in Ughelli, on investigation alongside a suspected kidnapper, earlier arrested on July 18, came under attack at Ewu Community in Ughelli area.
“The suspected gun runner who supplies the gang arms for their kidnapping operations launched the attack in a bid to free his colleagues.
“But the hoodlums were overpowered by the police as some fled with bullet injuries into the bush, while the deceased, hit during the gun duel, was taken to General Hospital in Ughelli, where he later died in the course of treatment.”
He said one Beretta pistol with four rounds of live ammunition, one pump action gun with nine rounds of cartridges, and one locally fabricated revolver pump action were recovered from the suspects.
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