Police arrest 3 members of robbery, kidnap syndicate in Delta.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested three members of a robbery and kidnapping syndicate. 

A statement by the Command’s spokesman, Bright Edafe, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the CP Special Anti-Robbery Squad at Ughelli town and Osubi in Okpe Local Government Area of the state.

Edafe noted that the suspects were involved in a series of armed robberies and kidnappings in Warri, Ughelli, Agbarho, Sapele, and surrounding areas.

He added that one of them owned a PoS machine used to collect ransom from victims, while a locally-made gun with eight rounds of live cartridges was recovered from them.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the syndicate was responsible for the abduction of a pharmacist in Ughelli town on June 19 and an attempted kidnapping in Iyede community on April 28, where they robbed a victim of his car, and the suspects are currently in police custody, while investigations are underway.

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