A robbery suspect died yesterday in a shootout with the police at Nkporokpo in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka, who disclosed this, said three other members of the gang received gunshot wounds during the encounter.
Chukwuemeka said the police had before yesterday arrested 17 armed robbery suspects and recovered guns and ammunition.
The recovered guns, according to him, include three AK47 rifles, two pump action guns, four locally-made pistols and some quantities of ammunition.
Addressing journalists yesterday at the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, SARS, headquarters at Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area, the PPRO said the suspects were arrested in various parts of the state.
Chukwuemeka said the suspects included a 16-yearold boy who specialised in bank robbery, using beautiful girls to trace those with big cash from different banks in the state.
He said some of the suspects also specialised in blocking major roads in the state, especially in Nawfia, Awgbu, Ufuma, among other areas.
The PPRO added that the suspects were responsible for armed robbery attacks on major roads of Abba, Dunukofia and other parts of the state.
He also said that some of the suspects were responsible for killings and raping of innocent citizens of Anambra State, especially girls in different locations.
Chukwuemeka displayed a teddy and a small television set being used to conceal pistols and ammunition by the suspects.
The PPRO said the SARS operatives had been on the trail of the suspects until recently when they were arrested, adding that they had beamed their search light on the girls been used to monitor the banks.
He said: “For anybody that sees this TV and the teddy, it is nothing, but for this gang, what they do is to rip open the teddy’s tummy, conceal pistol and ammunition in it and they will enter into a vehicle, you will not know they had a gun until they rob you.
“They invented this style to escape from the police and other security agencies but our men were able to beat them in their own game.”
However, one of the suspects said at the briefing that he was arrested by SARS operatives when he went to visit his friend.
He said: “I went to visit my friend; I did not know that he was being wanted by the police for armed robbery. As I was still there, SARS men broke into the house and arrested all of us, I don’t really know what I did.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka, who disclosed this, said three other members of the gang received gunshot wounds during the encounter.
Chukwuemeka said the police had before yesterday arrested 17 armed robbery suspects and recovered guns and ammunition.
The recovered guns, according to him, include three AK47 rifles, two pump action guns, four locally-made pistols and some quantities of ammunition.
Addressing journalists yesterday at the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, SARS, headquarters at Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area, the PPRO said the suspects were arrested in various parts of the state.
Chukwuemeka said the suspects included a 16-yearold boy who specialised in bank robbery, using beautiful girls to trace those with big cash from different banks in the state.
He said some of the suspects also specialised in blocking major roads in the state, especially in Nawfia, Awgbu, Ufuma, among other areas.
The PPRO added that the suspects were responsible for armed robbery attacks on major roads of Abba, Dunukofia and other parts of the state.
He also said that some of the suspects were responsible for killings and raping of innocent citizens of Anambra State, especially girls in different locations.
Chukwuemeka displayed a teddy and a small television set being used to conceal pistols and ammunition by the suspects.
The PPRO said the SARS operatives had been on the trail of the suspects until recently when they were arrested, adding that they had beamed their search light on the girls been used to monitor the banks.
He said: “For anybody that sees this TV and the teddy, it is nothing, but for this gang, what they do is to rip open the teddy’s tummy, conceal pistol and ammunition in it and they will enter into a vehicle, you will not know they had a gun until they rob you.
“They invented this style to escape from the police and other security agencies but our men were able to beat them in their own game.”
However, one of the suspects said at the briefing that he was arrested by SARS operatives when he went to visit his friend.
He said: “I went to visit my friend; I did not know that he was being wanted by the police for armed robbery. As I was still there, SARS men broke into the house and arrested all of us, I don’t really know what I did.
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