The Anambra State Police Command announced on Wednesday that it had detained two individuals and discovered a bag of gunpowder and munitions at several locations throughout the state.
On Wednesday, the command’s spokesman, S.P. Tochukwu Ikenga, released a press statement revealing this.
Ikenga stated that the police, led by their joint security team, made the arrest during an intelligent-driven routine patrol of various communities in the state.
He said, “The police have arrested two suspects and recovered a large quantity of gunpowder concealed in a bag of cassava flakes (garri), one locally made pistol, and live ammunition.
“Police-led Joint Security Force while on an intelligence-driven routine patrol along the pillarpole area of Aguata on September 22, 2024, intercepted a suspect (name withheld) carrying three bags of garri.
“The operatives, upon a search of the suspect, discovered beneath the edible a large quantity of gunpowder.
“Preliminary information revealed that the suspect was en route to a criminal camp to deliver groceries for consumption and the gunpowder for the production of improvised explosives for the gang.
“The suspect is currently in custody and assisting the police to arrest the other gang members.”
In another development, the PPRO stated that Special Anti-Cultism Squad operatives stormed a criminal hideout in Oba, Idemili South LGA, in the early hours of Wednesday, arresting Nelson Wisdom, ‘M’, from Etsako East LGA, Edo State, and recovering one locally fabricated pistol with two live rounds of ammunition.
He emphasised that the Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, emphasised that the police command and other security agencies will continue to act on intelligence to sustain the operation and foil the nefarious ambitions of the state’s criminal elements.
He stated that all suspects would be charged in court at the completion of the inquiry.
