Police Recover Firearm, Ammunition From Fleeing Suspects In Enugu

Police in Enugu State, weekend, said their operatives serving in Emene Division of the Enugu State Command, working with law-abiding citizens, around 7 p.m., recovered a Beretta pistol with thirty-six rounds of .9 mm calibre ammunition in a bush at Airport Corner, by Old Abakaliki Road, Emene, Enugu.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe in a statement said the exhibits were suspected to have been abandoned by criminal elements on the hot trail of the police operatives for allegations of armed robberies.

Ndukwe said in a different operation, one Eze Ebuka, aged 24, Nnamdi Chukwuemeka, aged 21, and Friday Ilo, aged 31, all males, were arrested on June 7, 2024, around 2 p.m., by police operatives serving in the Awkunanaw Division of the State Command.

According to Ndukwe, their arrest followed the conduct of a covert operation by the operatives upon the receipt of complaints about the theft of several motor vehicle batteries at a construction site in Awkunanaw, Enugu.

The police spokesman said, Eze Ebuka and Nnamdi Chukwuemeka, who were initially arrested in the act, upon interrogation confessed to having stolen many batteries, as alleged, and sold them to Friday Ilo, who was later arrested.

He said fifteen batteries, including those of articulated and other motor vehicles, and tricycle, were recovered from them.

Ndukwe said the suspects would be arraigned and prosecuted once investigations are concluded.