Operatives of the Special Anti-Cult Squad Enugwu Ukwu have arrested two Benue men at a security checkpoint on Umudioka-Awkuzu road by Igbariam.
The arrest was made on 25th January 2025 at about 5.38pm, during a stop and search operation on a car containing four occupants.
The suspects were in a white Toyota Corolla vehicle with registration number YAB 26 CB, one Barreta pistol, two live ammunition were recovered in the vehicle.
The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) for Anambra State command, Tochukwu Ikenga (SP) revealed this in a statement.
The PPRO said that the suspects are Raphael Peverga and Saakura Teryima both aged 22 years old and from Benue State.
He said efforts are ongoing to arrest the other two suspects that are currently on the run.
“It was reported that the suspects alighted from the vehicle while still in motion when the police operatives ordered them to park for a security search” Ikenga said.
Meanwhile, The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam(CP) has assured that the command will continue to evolve strategy and improve operational positioning in the state to nip to the bud criminal elements.