Police parade 33 suspects, recover various ammunitions in Enugu

Enugu State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 33 suspected criminals, who were arrested for crimes within the past one month.

The command also recovered 10 rifles, cartridges and ammunition. It also recovered armoured transformer cables and vandalised transformer components, four laptops and charms.

Parading the suspects in Enugu, Commissioner Sulaiman Balarabe said the arrest followed intensive and pro-active efforts put up by operatives under the “Operation Puff Adder”.

He said the operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Urban Patrol and Anti-Cultism Squad also assisted in making the arrest and recovery possible in the period under review.

The police boss noted that the suspects were involved in crimes ranging from armed robbery to kidnapping, transformer vandalism, cultism, Internet fraud and murder case.

“In the period under review from June 17 to date, being July 17; the command has made many successful arrests and recovery leading to the present peace and tranquility the state enjoys.

“The operatives of “Operation Puff Adder” have lived up to their bidding within the last one month and have arrested 10 robbery suspects at locations. The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad also tracked down and arrested two notorious kidnappers troubling personalities in the state,’’ he said.

Balarabe who disclosed that cultists are fond of disturbing peace and business activities in some neighbourhoods in the state, revealed that over 15 cultists were arrested in various locations in the state by the Anti-Cultism Squad.

“Today, cultism has taken a dangerous dimension in the state where they now carry out ambush attacks on unsuspecting residents and rob them of their valuables. They go to the length of killing and doing highway armed robbery.