Police Arrest 300 Suspects, Recover 43 Bombs, 40 Stolen Vehicles in Anambra
By Izunna Okafor, Awka
The Anambra State Police Command have said it had arrested no fewer than 300 suspects for different crimes, recovered 43 bombs and 40 stolen vehicles in different parts of the state between January 2024 and January 2025.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, disclosed this on Monday at the Police Command Headquarters in Awka while briefing newsmen on some of the feats and breakthrough so far recorded by the Command within a space of one year. The CP, flanked by some top-ranking officers of the Command, said the feats cut across incidents relating to armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, child trà afficking, public disturbances, attacks on unsuspecting members of the public, security personnel, and government infrastructures, as well as other sundry offences.
According to him, efforts by the Police and other sister agencies towards reducing crime and criminality are yielding positive results, while the narrative is rapidly changing. The CP, who said the Command rescued 14 kidnapped victims unhurt within the period, also disclosed that they secured over thirty (30) convictions, with some trials still ongoing.
Continuing, he said that, while the Command recovered over forty-three (43) unexploded improvised devices, over one hundred (100) different brands of arms, which include AK47, pump action guns, locally-made pistols, and others.
