The Delta State Police Command's agents have detained two people and neutralised Japhet, a suspect in an armed robbery.
Last Tuesday at 10:30 p.m., men from the Rapid Response Squad stationed at 74, Anwai-Illah Road, Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state, assassinated Japhet, who had been on the police's wanted list.
Bright Edafe, the deputy superintendent of police and state police public relations officer, claimed the suspect was shot during a gunfight and was taken to the hospital where he passed away.
He revealed that two 9mm live rounds for a locally made Beretta pistol and a Qlink motorcycle with the registration number WKP 270 QW that had been abandoned by the other gang members had been found at the scene of the incident.
Edafe said two other criminal suspects, Precious Azuka and Isaac Dantala were arrested in the early hours of that Tuesday at different spots.
“While Azuka was arrested in a robbery at Dominion Hotel’s & Suit in Umunede, Dantala was arrested for snatching a motorcycle along St. Desmond Road, Okpanam with a dagger.
“A locally made cut-to-size gun from Azuka and the snatched motorcycle with Reg no. UDD 332 DH alongside a dagger from Dantala were also recovered,” he said.