- Enugu Police arrested a 39-year-old suspected firearm repairer and six others during intelligence-led operations conducted between June 15 and June 21.
- The operations led to the recovery of seven firearms, one expended cartridge, two live cartridges, and other incriminating items.
- Arrests were made based on confessions linking suspects to the Supreme Vikings Confraternity and involvement in cult-related criminal activities.
Enugu State Police Command has apprehended a 39-year-old suspected firearm repairer alongside six other individuals, following a string of intelligence-driven operations that resulted in the seizure of illegal arms and ammunition.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Enugu.
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He revealed that the operations, carried out between June 15 and June 21, were part of strategic and proactive crime-fighting efforts initiated by the Commissioner of Police, Mamman Giwa.
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According to Ndukwe, the crackdown led to the recovery of seven firearms, one expended cartridge, two live cartridges, and other incriminating materials.
“On June 21, operatives of the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad arrested one 25-year-old suspect at 9th Mile,” he said.
“A cut-to-size double-barrelled gun with one expended cartridge was recovered from him.
“His arrest followed the confession of three earlier-arrested suspects, all of whom admitted to being members of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity and disclosed they had used the weapon in various criminal acts.”
Ndukwe further disclosed that in a related operation on June 17, the squad arrested another 22-year-old suspect, following a confession made by the alleged firearm repairer earlier nabbed for his connection to cultism and armed robbery.
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