Police arrest 3 suspects, recover firearm, ammunition in Enugu

From Chinelo Kodilichukwu Enugu

Police Operatives attached with Emene Division of the Enugu State Command, have arrested three fleeing male suspects for allegedly stealing motor batteries among other things in the state.

The operatives equally recovered a Beretta pistol with thirty-six (36) rounds of .9 mm calibre ammunition in a bush at Airport Corner, by Old Abakaliki Road, Emene, Enugu.

The Police Public Relations Officer Enugu State Command Headquarters, Daniel Ndukwe in a statement signed and issued to newsmen, said that the exhibits are suspected to have been abandoned by criminal elements on the hot trail of the police operatives for allegations of armed robberies.

Furthermore in a different operation, one Eze Ebuka, aged 24, Nnamdi Chukwuemeka, aged 21, and Friday Ilo, aged 31, all males, were arrested on June 7, 2024, around 2 p.m., by police operatives serving in the Awkunanaw Division of the State Command.

It was gathered that their arrest followed the conduct of a covert operation by the operatives upon the receipt of complaints about the theft of several motor vehicle batteries at a construction site in Awkunanaw, Enugu.

It stated that Eze Ebuka and Nnamdi Chukwuemeka, who were initially arrested in the act, upon interrogation confessed to having stolen many batteries, as alleged, and sold them to Friday Ilo, who was later arrested. Fifteen (15) batteries, including those of articulated and other motor vehicles, and tricycle, were recovered from them.

The suspects will be arraigned and prosecuted once investigations are concluded.