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Police in Delta have nabbed a suspected kidnapper and recovered AK-47 rifle and other ammunition from him. The police spokesman in the state DSP Bright Edafe, said in a statement issued on Sunday in Warri that operatives, in collaboration with local vigilantes, arrested the suspect on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n
He stated that the 26-year-old suspect and members of his gang, still at large, laid siege on Irri Roundabout in Oleh, near Warri to abduct their victim who had recently returned from Europe.<\/p>\n
He added that a disagreement ensued between the gang members in the attempt to abduct the victim and in the process, residents of the area became suspicious and alerted the vigilantes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Dec. 2 at about 11.43 p.m, the police received a distress call from vigilantes deployed around Irri roundabout in Oleh that some hoodlums were sighted in a white Toyota Hilux van without registration number”<\/p>\n
\u201cIn an attempt to kidnap one man who recently returned from Europe, disagreement ensued between them which made residents in the area become suspicious and alerted the vigilante. A carefully planned operation led to the arrest of the 26-year-old suspect while other members of the gang escaped in the Hilux van”<\/p>\n
\u201cUpon interrogation, the suspect confessed to being part of the gang that kidnapped a 63-year-old woman on Nov. 30 and later abandoned her when they noticed that the police were closing in on them\u2019\u2019 Edafe stated.<\/p>\n
He added that the suspect led police operatives to his house where one Ak-47 rifle, 19 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, one magazine, one pump-action gun and 26 live cartridges were recovered.<\/p>\n
The spokesman said that the items were concealed in a sack and buried in the suspect\u2019s compound adding that a manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang was on-going.<\/p>\n
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Police in Delta have nabbed a suspected kidnapper and recovered AK-47 rifle and other ammunition from him. The police spokesman in the state DSP Bright Edafe, said in a statement issued on Sunday in Warri that operatives, in collaboration with local vigilantes, arrested the suspect on Dec. 2. He stated that the 26-year-old suspect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"\n