Security teams and police officers have reportedly raided a criminals hideout in Umudike, Amaokpala, Orumba North LGA, Anambra state and recovered some items.
The police command’s spokesperson SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement on Monday said some police officers were included in the raid alongside joint security teams.
In his state, Tochukwu said; ” The joint security team comprising of police operatives from Oko Divisional Headquarters and AVG operatives Amaokpala, Acting on intelligent driven information on 25th January by 10:30pm, raided an identified criminal hideout at Umudike, Amaokpala, Orumba North LGA.”
Further in his statement, SP Tochukwu mentioned the recovered items from the hideout to include some substances suspected to be hard drugs, two mobile phones and 73,150 naira cash suspected to be returns from sold hard drugs.
However, he stated further that the criminals who according to him were ‘fierce looking’ took to their heels on sighting the security team.
He also said that the police operatives took over the scene and are “offensive against the criminals for possible arrest and to make sure they don’t regroup anywhere in the state.
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