By Samuel Ogude(Warri)
The Delta State Police Command have been said to have rescued three kidnapped victims just as they(Police) have recovered one locally -made- gun from the suspected kidnappers in Delta Community.
In a press statement signed by the Delta State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe said, on the Saturday 31st December, 2022, at about 0120 hours, the Police operatives attached to Orerokpe Division who were on visibility patrol duty along Warri/Sapele Road by Okuvo and Egborede communities, sighted some persons being dragged into the bush.
The statement said, the operatives suspected that they(victims) may have been kidnapped and therefore trailed the suspected kidnappers into the bush. The statement added that when the hoodlums realised that the Police were closing in on them, they opened fire on the team which, the police quickly responded. The statement said, when the hoodlums could not withstand the firepower of the Police, they abandoned the victims and escaped.
Part of the statement reads:”The hoodlums,upon realizing that the policemen were closing in on them, opened fire on the team, and the policeman equally responded. The hoodlums who could not withstand the firepower of the operatives abandoned the victims and escaped”.
The statement added that the victims (names withheld) who are aged 40yrs, 54yrs and 49yrs respectively, were rescued unhurt and have been reunited with their families while efforts are on to arrest the fleeing members of the gang.
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The statement said in a related development, on the 29th December,2022, while Police operatives attached to ‘A’ Division, Warri were on stop and search duty at the front of Daudu Police outpost, Kpesu Community, Warri, they sighted a tricycle driving against traffic. In an attempt to stop them, the suspects dangerously maneuvered the tricycle and escaped, but in the process, a black handbag fell from the tricycle. The statement added that when the bag was searched, one locally made cut-to-size pistol was recovered adding, efforts are on to arrest the fleeing suspects.
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