Police nab two for dispossessing innocent passengers of their phones

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command under the leadership of CP Ari Muhammed Alli has continued to make the state very unbearable for armed robbers, cultists, kidnapper and other criminal elements.

In a press statement e-signed and released to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP by the Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe stated that “The Command has arrested two suspects namely, Ofemu Obus ‘m’ age 23yrs and Henry Ekpu ‘m’ age 28yrs, the two suspects were arrested by Operatives attached to the Command’s Raiders squad on 27/10/2022, the suspects are alleged to specialize in Defrauding unsuspecting POS operators by generating fake alerts which they use to deceives their victims and defraud them of their money. Suspects are in Custody and investigation is ongoing.”

According to the statement, “On the 26/10/2022 at about 1700hrs, operatives of Dragon patrol teams 29 and 26 led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, while on stop and search duty along Warri-Sapele Road by Okwuvo Okpe LGA, intercepted a Daylong motorcycle with number plate Delta UGH 353 VQ carrying two male occupants, the Policemen conducted a search on them during which, one (1) iPhone, one (1) Infinix phone, one (1) Nokia torch phone.”

“While the search was being conducted, the owners of the Phones started calling, and they alleged that they were at Sapele and Oghara respectively. The two suspects were later identified as John Francis ‘m’ age 26yrs of Uru-Ughelli Street Agbarho and Godsent Orogun ‘m’, aged 25yrs of No. 18 Ovwiagba. Suspects are in custody while Investigation is ongoing.”

“Acting on an intelligence report about an armed robbery syndicate who operates around Awka-Enugu highway axis but hibernate in Asaba, at about 1145hrs of date operatives of CP.-Decoy squad acting on a tip-off, mobilized to Oduke-Okwe axis of Asaba where the suspects who were driving a Toyota Sienna SUV with Reg. No. ASB 781 YF, upon sighting the Police, abandoned the said vehicle and took into the crowd at the market.”

“Upon search of the vehicle, one locally Made Barretta Pistol, and a Samsung phone was recovered beneath the driver’s seat. The investigation is ongoing.”