Five suspects were arrested by the Delta Police Command in separate operations over the last week for armed robbery and illegal sale of ammunition and pistols were also recovered.

DSP Bright Efe, the spokesperson for Delta Police, stated that 130 live cartridges and an abandoned car were also recovered during the operation.

Efe gave details about the operation, stating that operatives from the Command's Dragon Patrol teams were on stop-and-search duty along Warri/Sapele Road last Thursday when they intercepted a black GLK Mercedes Benz SUV registered as BEN-734EZ conveying two male occupants for a routine search.

He added that the search conducted on the car and the passengers resulted in the discovery of one Barreta pistol and one locally made revolver pistol.

He added that two occupants of the car Joshua Owekeof Gbulebu community in Edo State and Nicolas Binakeye of first road Akenfa in Bayelsa State were subsequently arrested.

The Police spokesperson added that the exhibits and the suspects are in police custody while the investigation is ongoing.

The Police spokesperson added that three members of a syndicate who unlawfully deals in the sales of cartridges to cultists and armed robbers were hibernating in the Boboroku community in Jesse where they carry out their nefarious activities and were also arrested in another operation by operatives of the Command.

He said the suspects were arrested following a sting operation on the said hideout following intelligence on their activities.

The Police spokesperson said 130 live cartridges were also recovered from the hideout of the syndicate.

In another operation, the police spokesperson said on 6/12/2022, operatives of Eagle-net Special Squad deployed to Ughelli for the purpose of visibility policing and to complement the efforts of the Divisions in the area, who received a distress call from a victim (Name withheld) that his Lexus Saloon car was snatched at gunpoint by three armed hoodlums and was heading towards Ughelli axis.

He added that the operatives immediately swung into action, trailed the hoodlums, and their unrelenting effort paid off when the suspects on noticing that the operatives were closing in on them, abandoned the car and escaped into the bush at Ewu near Otu-Jeremi, Ughelli South LGA.

He added that the vehicle was recovered while a manhunt for the fleeing suspect is ongoing.