A joint Police and Department of State Service(DSS) operatives, Sunday, 26/11/2023 afternoon, killed three (3) male armed robbery suspects at Second Avenue, Independence Layout, Enugu, after a gunfight.
Police public relations officer,Enugu DSP Daniel Ndukwe ,in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Sunday said the feat led to the recovery of two (2) locally-made revolver pistols, six (6) live rounds of .9mm calibre ammunition, the gang’s operational tricycle with Enugu registration number MGL 100 WL and fleet number ENS/20560, and objects suspected to be charms.
Other exhibits recovered are cash sums of about five hundred thousand Naira (N500,000.00), rolls of POS transaction printing papers, assorted mobile phones, wallets, bags, and other exhibits, the hoodlums robbed from POS operators and their customers at different locations.
According to Ndukwe, the hoodlums had at about 1 p.m. , attacked POS operators at different locations in Enugu metropolis, dispossessing them of the recovered exhibits.” The operatives, however, mounted surveillance on them, while the criminal elements opened fire upon sighting them.
The Policr Public relations officer added that ,”the security operatives responded with superior firepower, neutralizing the three of them and recovering the exhibits in the process. Many of the victims have identified the hoodlums, and some recovered exhibits, as theirs.
“Further discreet investigation to fish other members of the criminal gang is ongoing,” Ndukwe said.