The Delta State Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber in Sapele.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the Command, DSP Bright Edafe, said in a statement issued in Warri, the state capital that the suspect was nabbed on Wednesday.
The statement indicated that the 38-year-old suspect had been terrorising residents of Sapele and environs for some time, adding that he had been on the police watch list for long.
“On November 10, 2021, at about 4:45 pm, police got a tip-off that he was in Sapele.
“Operatives stormed his house. One locally-made pistol and seven live cartridges were recovered.
“Investigation is ongoing,’’ it stated.
It added that police also arrested a suspected car snatcher and recovered a suspected stolen car from him.
The statement further read that the arrest was made on November 8 by a combined team of police and vigilantes in Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state.
“On November 8, police in Oghara detailed operatives and vigilantes at Ijomi community where they intercepted a Toyota Corolla car suspected to have been snatched from the owner.
“In the car were two males and one female. One of the male suspects escaped while the patrol team arrested the other suspect and recovered the car.
“The suspect confessed that he and an accomplice snatched the car from a driver in Benin City,’’ the statement read, adding that upon interrogation, the female occupant who hails from the North was discovered to be one of the passengers of the snatched car.
“I was assaulted and injured by the suspects. They also attempted to rape me,’’ the female passenger was quoted as saying.
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