The Police Command in Enugu State has detained 15 suspects found with a gun and weeds suspected to marijuana sativa.

In a statement on Friday in Enugu, the Command’s Spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, said that the suspects’ arrest followed a raid by operatives of the command’s Crack Tactical Squad on some hot spots on Feb. 16.

Ndukwe disclosed that the operatives acted on credible intelligence and raided identified criminal hot spots at Four Corner area of Ozalla Community in Nkanu West Local Government Area.

According to him, 15 suspects comprising nine males and six females were arrested during the raid.

The PRO stressed that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mamman Giwa, had directed supervisory officers in charge of operations and investigations to sustain the command’s proactive crime-fighting strategy.

He said that the commissioner had directed them to identify and dismantle criminal hideouts as well as detain and prosecute offenders, just as he urged residents to continue supporting the police with timely and credible information. 

In a different development, the Police Command in Delta State has recovered assorted weapons from a criminal hideout in the state.

Spokesman for the command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to reporters on Friday in Warri.

Edafe said that the weapons were recovered on Thursday by the operatives of the Command’s Special Assignment Team, CP-SAT, led by Julius Robinson.

He said that the feat was achieved following a confession by a suspect handed over to the police team by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Orerokpe Division for further interrogation.

Edafe said that the suspect was alleged to be a member of a criminal syndicate terrorising commuters and residents on the Warri/Sapele Road.

“On Feb. 19, acting on information obtained during interrogation, the suspect led the operatives to a concealed armoury located on the Sapele/Warri Road by the Adheje Community axis.

“A thorough search of the hideout resulted in the recovery of a locally made long gun, a locally made cut-to-size gun.

“Also recovered were a fabricated Beretta pistol loaded with five rounds of live ammunition, 10 live cartridges and a dagger,” he said.