Recovers Human Skull, Locally Made Rocket Propelled Frenade (RPG) Launcher, Two (RPG) Bombs, Empty Chain of Bullets, Single Barrel Long Gun, Others
.. However, Two Police Officers, Civilian Pay The Supreme Price–
The Anambra State Police Command, on Friday, 15/07/2022, recovered a human skull, one locally made rocket propelled granade, RPG, launcher, two (RPG) bombs, one single- barrel long gun, empty chain of bullets, one Toyota Sienna, one Mercedes Benz Formatic jeep, two cylinders a huge quantity of hard drugs and other items, including a police beret and a police belt in a criminal den at Amukabia Village, Achalla, Awka South LGA in Anambra State.
The recovery of the items followed a counter- offensive operation launched against criminal elements who had, on 15/7/2022, laid ambush against a 6- man police team and a civilian car tracker who were on a recovery operation of a Toyota Sienna Space Wagon vehicle earlier snatched on gunpoint on 9/7/2022 at Oye-Agu Abagana.
A release issued on Saturday, 16th July, 2022, by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said four of the Police Operatives escaped the ambush, while two of the police operatives and the car tracker were captured by the criminals.
The release said the police operatives, during the counter-offensive operation, neutralized some of the armed men and destroyed three of their camps.
Unfortunately, he informed, some of the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds, having already murdered their captives and set their bodies ablaze.
He further informed that the remains of the two murdered police officers and the civilian tracker have been recovered and deposited in a morgue, while police operation is still ongoing in the area to track the fleeing gang members.
The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Echeng Echeng, while condoling the families and friends of the murdered civilian (the car- tracker) and the police operatives, described the incident as a classic example of the risk and sacrifices the police are exposed to in the onerous task of serving and protecting the country.
He assured Ndi Anambra that efforts are being intensified towards total reclamation and domination of all the public spaces occupied by hoodlums in the State, apprehending and bringing them and their accomplices to justice.
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