Operatives of Delta State Police Command attached to Dragon Patrol Team 02 on the 6th of March 2025, at about 11:am, while on stop and search duty along Asaba/Benin expressway by National Open University Onicha-Ugbo, intercepted a Navy Blue Sharon space bus with registration number DKA 408 LM driven by one Yahuza Magaji, 69, in company of one Abba Sani, 17, both of Lere LGA in Kaduna State.
They were disguised as traders transporting Palm Oil and Garri. During the search of the vehicle, seven pump-action guns, five cartons containing 1,600 rounds of live cartridges concealed under the back seat of the vehicle were recovered.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects bought the arms from Onitsha and were transporting them to Kaduna State. Investigation is ongoing.
Similarly, the Command on the 15th of March 2025, at about 10:30 am, the DPO Ekpan Police station received information that one Victor Edavwe, the youth president of Ekpan community, was suspected to have recently purchased an AK-47 rifle.
The DPO Ekpan division led operatives to Shrine Street in Ekpan, where the suspect Victor Edavwe was arrested and taken to the Police station for questioning.
During the interrogation, suspects gave useful information that corroborated the information received by the DPO and led the operatives to the house of one Efe (surname unknown) AKA ‘Eteyomo’ and a search was conducted in the premises during which one AK-47 rifle, one single barrel gun, three cutlasses, two daggers and Forty-four rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition wrapped in a black sack and concealed on the roof of the sitting room were recovered. The suspects are in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.
