POLICE RECOVER HUMAN SKULL, WEAPONS, STOLEN VEHICLES AT CRIMINAL DEN IN ANAMBRA

REPORTER : UCHE NDEKE

The Police Command in Anambra State has recovered a human skull, some weapons in a criminal den at Amukabia, Achalla, Awka North Local Government Area.

The weapons include one locally made rocket propelled grande (RPG) launcher and two RPG bombs as well as one single- barrel long gun and empty chain of bullet

Also recovered were a Toyota Sienna mini-van, one Mercedes Benz Formatic SUV, two gas cylinders, a huge quantity of hard drugs, a police beret and a police belt.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) in Anambra State, Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga, indicated that the recovery followed a counter- offensive operation launched against criminal elements.

The criminal elements had on Friday July 25, 2022 laid an ambush against a 6-man police team and a civilian car tracker, who were on a recovery operation of a Toyota Sienna Space Wagon earlier snatched at gun point on July 9 at Oye-Agu Abagana.

The statement noted that four of the Police operatives escaped the ambush, while two of the police operatives and the car tracker were captured by the criminals.

According to the statement, the police operatives, during the counter offensive operation, neutralized some of the armed men and destroyed three of their camps but unfortunately some of the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds, having already murdered their captives and set their bodies ablaze.

It stated that the remains of the two murdered police officers and the civilian tracker had been recovered and deposited in a morgue, while police operation is still ongoing in the area to track the fleeing gang members.

Anambra State Commissioner of Police Anambra State, Mr. Echeng Echeng, while condoling the families and friends of the murdered civilian and the police operatives, described the incident as a classic example of the risk and sacrifices the police were exposed to in the onerous task of serving and protecting the country.

He also assured residents of the state that efforts had been intensified towards total reclamation and domination of all the public spaces occupied by hoodlums in the state, apprehending and bringing the them and their accomplices to justice.

EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU