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Delta police arrest three suspected armed robbers

16:15 Mar 14 2023 Delta State

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The police in Delta State have arrested three suspected robbers with three locally made guns and one live cartridge, concealed in a bag of rice.

The PUNCH gathered that operatives of the Eagle-Net Special Squad of the Delta State Police Command, on March 12, 2023, around 9:00 am, intercepted the gangsters in a suspected stolen tricycle with reg. no. RRU 773 QK conveying the three male occupants.

The Police Public Relations Officer for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, said when the men were subjected to a thorough search, three locally made guns and one live cartridge were discovered concealed inside a bag of rice they kept in the tricycle.

According to Edafe, two of the suspects took to their heels during the search and escaped into the bush, abandoning the tricycle and the 26-year-old rider named Ahmed Umaru, who hails from Ayingba Local Government Area of Kogi State.
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