Police operatives in Enugu State have apprended four suspected high-profile criminals within a week’s time as the former upped their game to bring those instigating criminality and violence to book.
The operatives within the period recovered one AK-47 rifle with 51 live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, three locally-fabricated Beretta pistols, one Pump Action gun, the butt of a locally-made gun, 31 live cartridges and other incriminating exhibits.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Thursday in Enugu that the suspects believed to be among criminals instilling fear in the residents were arrested between Dec. 1 and Dec. 6.
Ndukwe said that the feat was achieved by the current operational and crime-fighting measures put in place by the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ammani.
He said that the commissioner had tasked police operatives to sustain the tempo in ridding the state of unrepentant criminals, while calling on the residents to continue to assist the police with credible information.
The PPRO said that acting on credible information, police operatives serving in the Anti-Cultism Squad arrested Ifeanyi Ngene, 36, at Akwuke in the Awkunanaw axis of Enugu, on Dec. 6 at about 9.30 a.m.