Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Okene division have arrested a 23 year lady, Charity Williams, for unlawful possession of firearms.
Charity was apprehended during an intelligence led-raid operation.
Police recovered one locally made barretta pistol, the sum of N2,047,300, six rounds of 9mm live ammunition, hard drugs, axe, and four phones from the suspect.
According to the Police spokesperson, SP William Aya, the raid was consequent on the intelligence tip off that a suspected criminal was sighted in Yuwander lodge alleged to be a suspected criminal hideout at Oguda village, Okene.
“Immediately the police swung into action and raided the lodge. Upon searching one of the rooms which was booked by one Christopher Christopher Kadiri, a lady named Charity Williams aged 23 years was arrested and the above exhibits were recovered from the room,” he said.
Police assured that efforts are on going to apprehend the suspect at large, while investigation is on going.
In another development, the operative attached to Ofu Division recovered one locally made barrel gun at Ogbakpedo village located along Itobe-Anyigba road.
“This is based on a tip off that some persons suspected to be kidnappers were sighted in the bush, immediately the patrol team moved to the scene, on sighting the police, they ran away. Search of the area led to the recovering of one locally made barel gun, cutlass, techno phone among others,” Aya said.
The Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, commended the officers for their dedication to duty and reaffirming his unwavering commitment to the fight against criminality in the state.
