Hyacinth Chinweuba Police operatives attached to the Anambra Police Command Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in response to a distress call along Onitsha/Enugu Highway encountered a barricade put across the road at Ukpo junction by suspected armed robbers.
On sighting the Police, the hoodlums opened fire and Operatives returned fire forcing the bandits to abandon their dastardly mission and scamper for safety into the bush.
According to SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police Command, one of the suspected armed robber, whose name is yet unknown sustained gunshot injuries and was immediately rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
Exhibits recovered at the scene includes one locally-made double-barrel shotgun, three live cartridges, two expended cartridges, and a machete. The case is under investigation.
The Command also called on the public to report anyone with a suspected bullet wound at the nearest Police Station or through Police emergency number 07039194332 for prompt response.
The Police also reported that armed robbers attacked Elohim filling station,injured a private security guard and snatched a pump action.Suspects also carted away undisclosed amount of money at the filling Station.
Following the incident, Police detectives attached to the Command Special Anti Robbery Squad in conjunction with Isiuwulu Division arrested the robbery syndicate
Those arrested include, Victor Edet ‘m’ aged 30 years, Obinna Anibogu ‘m’ aged 34 years and Arinze Okoye ‘m’ aged 26 years respectively.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects includes the pump action gun which was snatched from the security guard at the filling station and one life cartidge.
The Command said the case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.
Also, the Command Special Anti robbery Squad equally arrested at a criminal hideout in Ihiala one Chike Obijekwu ‘m’ (an ex-convict), Ndirebe Festus Ntomchukwu ‘m’ and Okoye Tochukwu ‘m’ following intelligence report.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects includes one automatic pump action gun with Reg number 47171 suspected to have been snatched from a security man and three rounds of life cartridges.
Also the police said that one Isionu Augustine ‘m’ Deputy Environmental Health officer, Awka reported at the Central Police Station Awka that a decomposing corpse of an unidentified woman was seen along kwata Junction in Awka.
Police detectives led by the DPO CPS Awka visited the scene, took photographs and corpse evacuated by health officials.Case under investigation to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.
It is interesting to note that one major factor responsible for the overall successes recorded by the Command was the support of the good people of “Ndi Anambra” who were observed to have been very cooperative with the personnel of the security agencies.
The Commissioner of Police CP John B.Abang, acknowledges this fact and urges the Public to sustain this level of cooperation with the Police at all times in lines with Community policing principles.