Imo state Police operatives through the Orji Police Division and in synergy with the Anti-Narcotics Unit, arrested a suspected armed robber and recovered incriminating exhibits.
According to the command’s spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye in a press statement, “On 2nd April 2026, at about 0600hrs, acting on credible intelligence, a patrol team led by the DPO, Orji Division, arrested one Chigaemezu Aguguom, a native of Umuneke, Isiala Mbano LGA, at the Bishop’s Court axis near Pacific Hotel, Owerri, with gunshot wounds sustained during a failed criminal operation.
”During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of a five-man armed robbery gang. He provided useful information currently aiding efforts to apprehend other fleeing members of the syndicate.”
Okoye also said exhibits recovered include two locally fabricated firearms with five live cartridges, four smartphones, a wristwatch, and other valuables suspected to have been stolen from victims.
He further said the suspect and exhibits had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Owerri, for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.
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