Nigerian Police Intercepted 753 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) In Abakaliki,Ebony State (Photos)

 

The Nigerian police in a series of tweet on their handle @PoliceNg ,as made it known to the general public yestreday 2nd May,2021,that the police force have intercepted 753 GPMG ammunitions ; 2 AK47 Rifles, 5 Pump Action Guns, 6 Pistols and others from Onueke Commercial Bank Robbers

According to the Nigerian Police ;

"POLICE INERCEPTED 753 GPMG AMMUNITION IN ABAKALIKI

Recover 2 AK47 Rifles, 5 Pump Action Guns, 6 Pistols, others, from Onueke Commercial Bank Robbers.

The operatives of the Nigerian Police Force attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command have intercepted 753 live ammunition of General-purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) concealed in a sac being transported in a commercial vehicle from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State to Umuahia in Abia State.

The intelligence-driven covert operation, which led to the interception and recovery of the deadly ammunition, is part of the efforts by the Force to identify and crack down on criminal networks and supply chains for weapons  and ammunition in and around the country.

Comprehensive investigations aimed at bringing to book all persons linked to the crime are ongoing.

Similarly, following investigations into the foiled bank  robbery on the Onueke branch of a commercial bank in Ebonyi State which occured on Tuesday,27 April 2021;

Police operatives led by the Commissioner of Police,Ebonyi State Command, on 29th April, 2021, stormed the criminal hideout of suspects indicted in the investigations located at Oriuzo village in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The suspects on sighting the Police squad, opened fire on them. The Police team engaged them gallantly and professionally. At the end, three (3) members of the gang including two (2) male and one (1)female met their water loo following bullet injuries sustained during the exchange of gunfire. Other suspects fled in different directions.

Two (2) AK47 rifles, five (5) pump action guns, six (6) pistols, fifty (50) AK47 ammunition, one hundred and twenty-six (126) cartridges, jack knives,cutlasses and a 40-page notebook containing inventories of ammunition purchased by the gang were recovered. A Honda Pilot jeep with Reg No. ABJ 163 NV used for the foiled bank robbery was also recovered by the Police Team.

Unrelenting in their quest to apprehend the remaining suspects, the Police team traced the suspects to a shrine where the robbers usually go for mystical powers before ambarking on their robbery operations.

Two (2) of the suspects were eventually arrested from the supposedly safe haven- the shrine, which led to the arrest of additional three (3) members of the gang . Meanwhile, efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing members of the gang anf their spiritual godfather - the cheif priest of the shrine.

The Inspector General of Police,Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM,fdc while commending the Commisioner of Police, Ebonyi State Police Command,Cp Alitu Garba,psc (+) and officers of the command for excellently harnessing intelligence to nip the crimes in the bud,assured citizens of the renewed commitment of the Force to improving public safety and combating all forms of violent crimes across the land."

Different reply trails the tweet and goes thus ;

"Boko Haram and fulani herdsmen use more sophisticated weapons than this. I'm not justifying anything...But please go and recover ammunitions from them too"- @bqlmanne

"IPOB nko?"- @Abubakar_

"starting from the left hand side, check the second guy,is his legs complete?"- @IGoparaocha

"when will you parade bandits and boko haram with sophisticated weapons? stop bean hypocrite @PoliceNG" - @Bossgeogie2

"Oh my god? so bandits and boko haram are not paraded again?.criminals sympathizer"- @Abubakar_

"May God continue to grant success to our security enforcement agencies.keep up with the good work!"- @LawalBello2

"i will like to call the awareness of the @PoliceNG on issues of the monitoring unit of the NPF in oyo town, oyo state double crossing and conducting a road block fro stop and search by hidden in a dark place and rush out in group @PoliceNG @nassnigeria @seyiamakinde @oyostategovt"- @king_ayokunu

"it is not the devil. Most crimes are premeditated. That's why we should never talk of forgiveness but punishment. Yet. This is not the way to treat our own bandits."- @chux_ino

"Lori iro. All crimes that happen in Nigeria has the police as accomplices.You are simply criminals with uniforms."- @Ebi44237220

"The question is; where and exactly where are they getting all these ammunitions and bullets? We need serious intelligence to tackle these menace. The real people behind all these should be arrested"- @Komolaf11233521

"these people usually have highly connected god fathers. Hope the NPF will have the courage to touch these untouchables."- @toyinkush

"i hope what the president said will act upon them, he who is found with an AK47 should be shot."- @Muktar00001

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