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Delta State Police Command Spokesman , DSP Bright Edafe
By EDEKI IGAFE
A joint military and police team has recovered arms and ammunition following a raid on a criminals’ hideout in Effurun, Delta.
A statement on Tuesday in Warri by the Spokesman of the Police Command in Delta, DSP Bright Edafe, said that the raid was carried out on Monday by Army personnel attached to 3 Battalion, Effurun, and policemen from Ekpan Division.
He said that the team conducted thorough search at an uncompleted building in the
criminals’ hideout at Agadaga Ave., off Jakpa Road, Ekpan.
“Items recovered during the search included one AK-47 rifle with five magazines loaded with 161 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and one assault rifle with two magazines loaded with 59 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition..
“Others were: two English pump-action guns, 110 rounds of live cartridges, one double barrel gun,one single barrel gun, one toy gun, cutlasses and a bunch of charms,” the police spokesman said.
Edafe said that effort was on to apprehend the hoodlums.(NAN)
