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Police recover gun, hunt armed robbers in Delta
The Delta State Police Command has recovered a locally made gun abandoned by two suspected armed robbers who invaded a residence in Effurun, while a suspected drug peddler was arrested in a separate operation in Agbor.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, SP Bright Edafe, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday.
The command said the robbery incident occurred around 5:30am on September 4, 2026, when two masked men armed with a locally made shotgun broke into the residence of a 48-year-old man in the Charlisco area, along the NPA Express Road, Effurun.
According to the command, the victim confronted one of the suspects and “wrestled with the suspect carrying the firearm,” during which the gun broke.
The statement read, “The second suspect struck the victim on the forehead before both suspects fled, abandoning the firearm.”
Following a report at the Ekpan Division around 6:14am, operatives were deployed to the scene, where they recovered the damaged firearm.
The victim was referred to a hospital for treatment, while the police launched a manhunt for the fleeing suspects.
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Samuel E. Erale, commended the victim for his courage and assured him that “the suspects will be tracked down and arrested.”
In a separate operation in Agbor, the command said operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Ubulu-Uku, arrested a 40-year-old suspected drug peddler, Joy Anthony.
The command stated that Anthony was arrested around 5am on September 6, following credible intelligence.
“On 6th September 2026, at about 0500hrs, operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit (SAKU), Ubulu-Uku, acting on credible intelligence, carried out a covert operation in Agbor and arrested Joy Anthony (f), aged 40 years, a suspected drug peddler.
“A search warrant was executed at her residence in Agbor-Obi, where quantities of Swinol, Tramadol, Codeine, Canadian Loud and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered. The suspect and exhibits are in police custody, while the investigation is ongoing,” the command said.
The police urged members of the public with useful information on the fleeing robbery suspects to contact the nearest police station or the command’s control room.
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