Police in Anambra State have arrested a suspected
armed robber with a Beretta pistol belonging to the Nigeria Police Force.
A statement issued by the state police command
Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed, stated that the suspect, whose
name was given as Sunday Onyema, was arrested by operatives of Operation Puff
Adder at Upper Iweka in Onitsha.
Haruna said the 35-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday
morning driving back from Asaba, Delta State, on a commercial bus.
According to the statement, "Today(Wednesday)
August 7, 2019, at about 6.47a.m., Puff Adder operatives in conjunction with a patrol
team attached to Operation Kpochapu, while on stop-and-search duty at Upper Iweka
in Onitsha, intercepted a bus with registration number UKP108ZU coming from
Asaba.
"After a thorough search, they recovered a police
Beretta pistol with breech number AO-4909Z loaded with seven rounds of life
ammunition; one expanded bullet and six different phones in possession of one
35-year-old Sunday Onyema, a male, from Orlu in Imo State."
Though Haruna failed to mention how the suspect
sourced the pistol, he said the suspect was assisting the police with useful
information to aid investigation after which he would be charged to court for
prosecution.
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