Police recover 3,249 arms at criminal hideout in Rivers

At least 3,249 arms including ammunition and cartridges have been recovered by the Rivers Police Command at a criminal hideout in Ogu/Bolo local government area of the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mustapha Dandaura, disclosed on Monday in Port Harcourt when he presented the recovered arms before journalists, Governor Nyesom Wike and service commanders.

Dandaura, who led the governor and service commanders on inspection of the recovered arms, said Wike’s administration provided logistics that energised the state’s security outfit, Operation Sting, to achieve successes.

He said the Operation Sting, initiated by the governor, had sanitised the hitherto troublesome East-West Road, the Elele-Owerri Road and the Ogoni axis of the East-West Road.

Dandaura, who said security outfit had been making the state safer for residents and visitors, assured that the security agencies would continue to work hard to protect lives and property in Rivers.

According to him, the state police command recovered the arms from a kidnap syndicate in Ogu/Bolo local government area, following credible intelligence.

The police commissioner also disclosed that the syndicate hid the arms underground in the forest.

He listed the recovered items as: one GPMG No. NN-07-150, two G-3 rifles with breech Nos. 81- 85234 and 69090978, and one SMG rifle No. 19855

Others are one rocket launcher (RPG) rocket-propelled grenade NW-07-150; five (5) Pump Action guns; 933 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition; 111 rounds of 5.56mm live ammunition; and 222 rounds of 9mm live ammunition.

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Also recovered by the command are 909 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition; 74 rounds of .9mm live ammunition; 728 live cartridges; four (4) AK 47 magazines; two (2) G-3 magazines; and one (1) SMG magazine.

Governor Wike assured the police commissioner that his administration would continue to work towards keeping Rivers safe in line with his constitutional responsibility of protecting everyone living in the state.

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