The Police have arrested an illegal dealer of explosives and recovered explosive devices in Edo State.
The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Abutu Yaro, in a statement assured residents of reducing crime to the barest minimum.
He maintained that since all area Commanders, tactical heads, and Divisional Police Officers engaged in intelligence gathering, bush combing in their areas of jurisdictions, and hideout of criminals have since started yielding positive results.
The item recovered from the suspect bag were five high explosive 60mm and 50 supreme card relay.
He noted that the suspect is cooperating with police investigation while further investigation led to the arrest of two more suspects namely; Yesufu Blessing ‘M’ (45) a native of Iyuku Uzairue resident in Auchi a quarry blaster and Haruna Braimah ‘M’ (35) a tipper driver also a native of Iyuku Uzairue and resident in Auchi.
The police commissioner further directed the command’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit (EOD) to take over the recovered explosive devices for technical analysis while the investigation continues and assured the residents to be calm and go about their lawful businesses.
