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Police recover gun and hunt suspected armed robbers in Nigeria’s Delta State

From The Punch · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Delta State police said two masked men abandoned a locally made shotgun after one suspect struggled with a resident during an early-morning robbery in Effurun.
  • The injured resident received hospital treatment, while police launched a manhunt for the suspects.
  • In a separate Agbor operation, police arrested a 40-year-old woman and recovered suspected drugs from her residence.

Two suspected armed robbers fled an Effurun residence after abandoning a locally made shotgun during a struggle with a 48-year-old resident, Delta State police said.

wrestled with the suspect carrying the firearm

· Delta State Police CommandPolice described how the Effurun resident struggled with one of the suspected robbers before the gun broke.

The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. on September 4 in the Charlisco area along the NPA Express Road. Police said the masked men broke into the home and that the resident confronted one of them. During the struggle, the firearm broke. The second suspect then struck the resident on the forehead before both men escaped.

Police recovered the damaged gun after receiving a report at the Ekpan Division at about 6:14 a.m. The victim was referred to a hospital, and officers began searching for the suspects. Delta State Commissioner of Police Samuel E. Erale praised the resident’s courage and said the suspects would be tracked down and arrested.

The second suspect struck the victim on the forehead before both suspects fled, abandoning the firearm.

· Delta State Police CommandThe statement described the suspects’ escape and the resident’s injury.

In a separate operation in Agbor, officers from the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Ubulu-Uku arrested Joy Anthony, 40, whom police described as a suspected drug peddler. Acting on what the command called credible intelligence, officers searched her residence in Agbor-Obi and recovered quantities of Swinol, Tramadol, Codeine, Canadian Loud and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp. Police said Anthony and the exhibits remained in custody while the investigation continued.

the suspects will be tracked down and arrested

· Samuel E. EraleThe Delta State police commissioner assured the victim that officers would pursue the fleeing suspects.
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