Crime
Delta Police Arrest Two Suspected Armed Robbers Terrorizing Ekpan, Environs
By Daniel Dafe
Two members of a robbery gang said to be terrorizing Ekpan and environs have been arrested in Delta State.
The police spokesman in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
According to the statement, on Thursday at about 7.45 p.m., “policemen attached to Ekpan police station along refinery junction, noticed a tricycle with two male occupants,” saying that “the occupants, upon sighting the policemen, jumped from the tricycle and took to their heels.”
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“The policemen went after them, caught up with them, and arrested the two suspects. When the suspects were searched, one locally made cut-to-size single barrel gun, one cut-to-size double barrel pistol, two rounds of live cartridges, were recovered from them.”
He added that “preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects belong to the gang that has been terrorizing Ekpan and environs, especially the refinery road area.”
“Suspects are in custody and investigation ongoing,” the police said.
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