By Olayinka Owolabi
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man in possession of 1,100 rounds of live ammunition in Nkpor, near Onitsha.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who made this known in a statement on Saturday, said operatives of the Rapid Response Squad attached to Akwuzu arrested Godwin on Friday.
“Police operatives acting on credible intelligence arrested one Akpan Godwin ‘m’, aged 65 years, in possession of 1,100 rounds of live ammunition,” Ikenga stated.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being involved in the illegal sale of ammunition and mentioned other individuals connected to the illicit trade.”
The police said investigations are ongoing to track down his collaborators and dismantle the wider network supplying arms in the state.
In another development, the Police command also announced the recovery of vandalised high-tension cables, transformer parts, and locally-made weapons, arresting four suspects while one suspect was confirmed dead from gunshot injury while attempting to escape from the police.
“The operatives also recovered from them bags of high-tension cable wires, melted cable wires and parts of transformer equipment.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are part of a syndicate that specialises in vandalising and selling power installations, with Lagos identified as their major sales outlet,” he said.
