Some hoodlums suspected to be on a robbery mission in Asaba, the Delta State capital on Sunday, September 11, 2022, abandoned their tricycle and took to their heels on sighting policemen.
The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe in a statement said, “the Command in a swift response to a distress call from Hausa Market in Asaba, about some suspicious-looking persons using a tricycle in the area, operatives of Command’s CP-Decoy Squad were detailed to the area where the hoodlums on sighting the Police abandoned a de-faced tricycle and took to their heels.
“Upon a thorough search of the tricycle, a fabricated AK 47 rifle, twelve (12) rounds of 9mm live ammunition and twenty-three (23) live cartridges all concealed in black polythene bag and hidden beneath the rear passenger’s seat were recovered. Effort is been intensified in collaboration with local vigilantes to arrest the fleeing suspects.”
The state Commissioner of Police CP Ari Muhammed Ali, in the statement, appreciated the efforts of the residents in the state who always avail the Command with useful information that aids in crime fighting.
He urged them to continue to collaborate with the Command, noting that crime has no jurisdiction, as criminals do not have human sympathy and as such should not be allowed to go about their mischievous deeds unhindered.
CP Ali also assured all that the identity of anyone who gives information to the Police will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.
