Police Operatives attached to the Dragon 26 & 29, on routine stop and search duty, along Warri\/Sapele road in Delta State, have arrested a 20-year- old suspected armed robber, Aaron Uko.<\/p>\n
They also recovered one locally-made cut-to-size gun loaded with two live cartridges from him.<\/p>\n
The suspect was arrested after the Police intercepted a Volkswagen Jetta commercial vehicle, with reg. no. PTN 242 TA, conveying some passengers from Sapele to Warri.<\/p>\n
DAILY POST learnt that the suspect concealed the gun in his body close to his private part.<\/p>\n
The Delta State Police Command, led by CP Ari Muhammed Ali confirmed the report in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer.<\/p>\n
According to DSP Edafe, \u201cPreliminary investigation revealed that he bought the gun in the year 2018 from a man nicknamed \u201cOSE\u201d for twenty-seven thousand naira (N27,000) and buried it in his house before leaving for Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was arrested and taken into custody, the exhibit recovered and investigation is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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