Anambra Police Busts Another Kidnap Gang; Rescue Victim; Recover Pump Action Gun, Two Home-made Grenades
Operatives of Anti Kidnap Squad of Anambra State Police Command have smashed yet another kidnap gang, this time at Nnewi Ichi.
The Squad which was on patrol with vigilante men on 13th September, 2023 got information about the kidnappers hideout and stormed the place.
A kidnapped victim found in the hideout was rescued and conveyed to a hospital at Nnewi for treatment, while one of the suspected kidnappers was arrested.
In a statement released in Awka on Thursday, 14th September, 2023, the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu ikenga, said the Operatives recovered One Pump Action Gun and two locally fabricated hand grenades at the hideout.
He said the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, while commending Police Operatives and the local Vigilante on the collaboration that has been effective against criminal elements, asked them to sustain the onslaught until crime is reduced to the barest minimum and people can move around in safety.