Some alleged bandits said to be terrorizing residents of some areas in Rivers State escaped police arrest by jumping into a nearby canal while abandoning arms, ammunition as well as hard drugs in the process.
The Rivers State Police Command announced the hideout of these criminals , adding that policemen of the command’s Octopus Unit raided the den of the criminals at Rumuokwuta in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state following information received by the command about their notorious activities.
It was gathered that when the men raided the hideout, the criminals, on sighting the officers, took to their heels and jumped inside a canal in the area.
According to a statement by the state police command through its Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko and posted on its Twitter handle, when the policemen searched the hideout, various items were recovered.
Among the items said to have been recovered included guns, 14 rounds of live ammunition, one magazine of a rifle, fifty wraps of substance suspected to be Indian hemp, 42 sachets of hard drug suspected to be Loud, among others.
The police statement added that more investigations are ongoing while efforts are on to arrest the fleeing criminals.
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