May 21, (THEWILL) – A Crack Squad of the Delta State Police Command, has arrested a middle-aged woman, Queen Uwagbogu, and recovered about 100 AK47 live ammunition, during a raid on her premises located close to Effurun Roundabout, in Warri.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday.
The statement read, “The command, under the leadership of CP Wale Abass, has recorded another major achievement in the fight against crime and criminality.
“The remarkable feats are due to the proactive approach to crime fighting adopted by the command in Warri, Ughelli, and Sapele and areas, as part of measures put in place to ensure that the state is peaceful and crime free.
“On 18/05/2023, at about 1857hrs, acting on an actionable intelligence gathered about a woman who deals in illegal sales of AK47 ammunition, operatives of the Crack Squad raided her premises located close to Effurun Roundabout, Warri.
“During the raid, the suspect, named Queen Uwagbogu, ‘f’, 34yrs, was arrested, and one hundred (100) rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered. Investigation is ongoing.
“In a related development, on 18/05/2023 at about 0745hrs, operatives attached to Rapid Response Squad (RRS), while conducting a stop and search at Oworigbala community, along Okpara-Oworh road, Ughelli, flagged down a black Lexus RS 350, with Reg. No. RBC 811 CY, the driver suspiciously offered the operatives money, which they rejected.
“The driver immediately zoomed off, noticing that the RRS operatives were hot on his trail and closing in on him, he quickly abandoned the vehicle and escaped into a nearby bush. The vehicle was recovered, and a battle axe and two (2) iPhones were also recovered. Investigation is also ongoing.
“And on 18/05/2023 at about 2100hrs, while operatives of Sapele Division anti-crime patrol were on stop and search duty at Amukpe roundabout Sapele, they intercepted an unregistered motorcycle with three occupants, the suspects on sighting the police, abandoned the motorcycle, their bags and ran into the bush. When the bag was searched, two (2) cut-to-size locally made double barrel guns, seven (7) rounds of 7.62 Ak47 live ammunition, eleven (11) live cartridges, and other items were recovered. The case is also being investigated.”
