The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested 83 criminal suspects and rescued 20 kidnapped victims within the state from January 1, 2024, till date.
The offences for which the suspects were arrested included abduction, kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, defilement, and vandalism, among other crimes committed within the state in the period under review.
The state commissioner of police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the successes of the command since the beginning of the year.
Uzuegbu noted that 46 firearms of different calibres were recovered, as well as 125 ammunition of different calibres, within the period under review.
According to him, 36 motor vehicles were recovered; six tricycles were recovered; and 15 motorcycles were also recovered by gallant and eagle-eyed crime-fighting officers and men of the command.
He said many of the arrested suspects had been arraigned in court and remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service Custodial Centre, while others would be prosecuted accordingly once investigations are concluded.
The commissioner said that the proactive and people-centred policing approaches of the command had started yielding the expected results.
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Good job
Nicey
Hope this is not audio rescue?