The Delta State Police Command Violent Crime Response Unit and the Anti-Cult Unit in separate intelligence-led operations, have arrested two suspects and recovered two pump-action guns, 18 live cartridges and other fetish items.
The Command Spokesperson Edafe Bright in a statement made available to Galaxy news, said the operatives through credible intelligence stormed a residence in Obiaruku where a 36-year-old suspect Joel Iwomi was arrested as well as another suspect identified as Chukwuka Nzete.
The suspects are said to have confessed to operating a shrine where criminal elements are fortified with charms before embarking on their criminal activities.
The Delta State Police Commissioner, CP Samuel Erale, reaffirmed the commands resolve to deny criminal elements access to illicit firearms and other weapons capable of threatening public safety,while calling on residents to remain vigilant and promptly provide credible information on suspicious persons, illegal firearms and criminal activities within their communities.
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