The Delta State Police command arrested alleged kidnappers, armed thieves and recovered ammunition.
Daily Post learned that the agents of the special assignment team of CP, led by ASP Julius Robinson, tracked an alleged kidnapper, Chedeye Mohammed, in the state of Rivers.
The command in operations recovered a cache, including the AK-47 rifles, a pump action gun, a Beretta gun and a significant amount of ammunition.
Acting on intelligence, the officers chased the fugitive and arrested him.
During the interrogation, Mohammed brought the team to a bush near a Rodantes Casa park in the state of Rivers, where they recovered an AK-47 rifle loaded with 13 rounds of live ammunition of 7.62 mm.
The spokesman for the command, SP Bright Edge, said that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect and his gang were responsible for multiple kidnappings in Ughelli, Agbarho and other parts of the state of Delta, using the state of Rivers as a hiding place.
EDAFE said the efforts to stop other gang members were ongoing.
In another important operation, the officers who acted on credible intelligence launched a sting operation in the city of Anyangba, the state of Kogi, where they arrested three suspects: Zakari Mohammed (31) of the community of Olugbujo, Ibrahim Mumuni (29) by Anyangba Town and Mohammed Hamisu (25) in the local area of the government of Dekina (LGA).
A search for his residences led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle and an automatic pump action gun.
Additional investigations led to the arrest of another suspect, Samaila Mohammed (35) of the UDO community, Dekina Lga, who was found in possession of a Beretta gun loaded with three rounds of living ammunition and cartridges. All suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.
In another development, on March 25, 2025, at approximately 6:20 pm, security agents arrested Emu Lucky (35) in the Olomoro community, Isako South Lga. A search in his residence discovered eighty -two rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition.
Preliminary investigations indicated that Lucky was supplying ammunition to the kidnappers in collaboration with Mohammed Bellow, an alleged criminal who is already in police custody.
Bellow supposedly acted as an intermediary, facilitating the sale of weapons between the lucky and several criminal groups.
Both suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.